Method and apparatus for installing software block-by block via an image of the target storage device
First Claim
1. A system for downloading a software bundle onto a computer, comprising:
- a controller for controlling the downloading of the software bundle onto computers;
means associated with said controller for creating an image of a storage device of the type onto which the software bundle is to be downloaded, and for copying said software bundle onto said image device;
at least one connector device which connects a computer to said controller and said image device; and
means for copying the software bundle from said image device to a storage medium on a connected computer on a block-by-block basis.
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Abstract
To accelerate the process of installing software on a number of computers, an image is created with the same formatting as the target drive in each computer onto which the software is to be installed. To do so, a controller determines the manner in which target drives on the computers are formatted. The image drive is then created with the same formatting, using the known target drives as a frame of reference. Once the image drive has been created and the desired software bundle loaded onto it, the software is installed on the computers from the image file, on a block-by-block basis, rather than utilizing individual file transfer under the control of a higher level file management program.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for downloading a software bundle onto a computer, comprising:
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a controller for controlling the downloading of the software bundle onto computers; means associated with said controller for creating an image of a storage device of the type onto which the software bundle is to be downloaded, and for copying said software bundle onto said image device; at least one connector device which connects a computer to said controller and said image device; and means for copying the software bundle from said image device to a storage medium on a connected computer on a block-by-block basis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for downloading a software bundle onto a multiplicity of storage devices, comprising the steps of:
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a) creating an image device which replicates the storage capabilities of said storage devices; b) copying software files from said bundle to said image device; c) connecting one of said storage devices to said image device; d) copying the software stored on said image device to the connected storage device on a block-by-block basis; e) disconnecting the storage device from the image device; and f) repeating steps c, d and e for each of the other storage devices in said multiplicity of storage devices. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for downloading a software bundle onto a computer, comprising the steps of:
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creating an image of a storage device of the type onto which the software bundle is to be downloaded; copying said software bundle onto said image device; connecting a computer to said image device; and copying the software bundle from said image device to a storage medium on a connected computer on a block-by-block basis. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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