Unattended installation of drivers for devices that are not automatically found and installed during operating system installation
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of client computing systems, each client computing system having one or more devices that are not automatically found and installed thereon during vendor-specified operating system installation; and
,a server computing system having stored thereon a master driver file within which entries for drivers for the devices of each client computing system are created,wherein each client computing system has an unattended installation file within which the server computing system creates references to the entries for the drivers of the devices for the client computing system within the master driver file.
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Abstract
The unattended installation of drivers for devices that are not automatically found and installed during operating system installation is disclosed. A method determines which drivers are needed for devices on client computing systems that are not automatically found and installed during operating system installation. Entries for the drivers are created within a master driver file. The method copies the master driver file to each client computing system, and drivers that are needed for the devices. For each client computing system, references are created within an unattended installation file to the entries for the drivers within the master driver file. Operating systems are remotely installed on the client computing systems in an unattended manner. The drivers are able to be installed in the unattended manner due to the references created within the unattended installation files to the entries for the drivers within the master driver file.
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11 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of client computing systems, each client computing system having one or more devices that are not automatically found and installed thereon during vendor-specified operating system installation; and
,a server computing system having stored thereon a master driver file within which entries for drivers for the devices of each client computing system are created, wherein each client computing system has an unattended installation file within which the server computing system creates references to the entries for the drivers of the devices for the client computing system within the master driver file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A server computing system communicatively connected to a plurality of client computing systems comprising:
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means for determining which drivers are needed for devices on the client computing systems that are not automatically found and installed thereon during vendor-specified operating system installation; means for creating entries for the drivers within a master driver file; and
,means for creating references for each client computing system within an unattended installation file for the client computing system to the entries for the drivers of the devices for the client computing system within the master driver file, wherein the unattended installation file is a different file than the master driver file is. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a tangible computer-readable recordable data storage medium; and
,means in the medium for creating entries within a master driver file for drivers that are needed for devices on client computing systems that are not automatically found and installed thereon during vendor-specified operating system installation and for creating references for each client computing system within an unattended installation file for the client computing system to the entries for the drivers of the devices for the client computing system within the master driver file, wherein the unattended installation file is a different file than the master driver file is. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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