Preloading software onto a computer system
First Claim
1. A method for preloading software onto a computer system as part of the system assembly process, the computer system when assembled including a bootable optical disk drive, a mass storage medium for storing operating system and application software, and a diskette drive, the method comprising:
- loading a removable optical storage medium into the optical disk drive, the optical storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of items of computer software;
loading a removable manufacturing diskette into the diskette drive, the manufacturing diskette having stored thereon customized installation files defining which of the items of computer software stored on the optical storage medium are to be installed on the mass storage medium of the computer system, the manufacturing diskette further including additional data employed during other steps of the manufacture of the computer system; and
booting the computer system from the loaded optical storage medium and loading, from the optical storage medium, the items of software defined by the installation files on the manufacturing diskette.
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Abstract
A method is described for preloading operating system software onto a computer system. A manufacturing compact disk is provided which stores the complete range of software which may be stored on the computer system. Associated with the computer system is a manufacturing diskette which includes installation files which define which software on the CD is to be transferred to the system. This manufacturing diskette also includes diagnostic and/or other code which is employed at other stages of the system assembly process. In operation, the CD and diskette are inserted into the system and the software defined by the diskette installation files is transferred from the CD to the system hardfile.
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1. A method for preloading software onto a computer system as part of the system assembly process, the computer system when assembled including a bootable optical disk drive, a mass storage medium for storing operating system and application software, and a diskette drive, the method comprising:
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loading a removable optical storage medium into the optical disk drive, the optical storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of items of computer software; loading a removable manufacturing diskette into the diskette drive, the manufacturing diskette having stored thereon customized installation files defining which of the items of computer software stored on the optical storage medium are to be installed on the mass storage medium of the computer system, the manufacturing diskette further including additional data employed during other steps of the manufacture of the computer system; and booting the computer system from the loaded optical storage medium and loading, from the optical storage medium, the items of software defined by the installation files on the manufacturing diskette. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for preloading software onto a computer system as part of the system assembly process, the computer system when assembled including a bootable first storage drive, a mass storage medium for storing operating system and application software, and a second storage drive, the method comprising:
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loading a removable first storage medium into the first drive, the first storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of items of computer software; loading a removable second storage device into the second drive, the second storage device comprising a manufacturing device having stored thereon customized installation files defining which of the items of computer software stored on the first storage medium are to be installed on the mass storage medium of the computer system, the second storage device further including additional data employed during other steps of the manufacture of the computer system; booting the computer system from the loaded first storage medium; and loading, from the first storage medium, the items of software defined by the installation files on the manufacturing device. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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