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 drivers needed for 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 without user interaction, the server computing system to copy the master driver file to each client computing system,wherein each client computing system has an unattended installation file within which the server computing system creates without user interaction references to the entries for the drivers of the devices for the client computing system within the master driver file that are not already present within the master driver file as stored on the server computing system, as copied to the client computing system,and wherein the server computing system is to copy the drivers that are needed for the devices on each client computing system to the client computing system, and is to remotely install operating systems on the client computing systems in an unattended manner, where the drivers of the devices for the client computing systems 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 of the devices within the master drive file,wherein the unattended installation file is a different file than the master driver file is.
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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 drivers needed for 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 without user interaction, the server computing system to copy the master driver file to each client computing system, wherein each client computing system has an unattended installation file within which the server computing system creates without user interaction references to the entries for the drivers of the devices for the client computing system within the master driver file that are not already present within the master driver file as stored on the server computing system, as copied to the client computing system, and wherein the server computing system is to copy the drivers that are needed for the devices on each client computing system to the client computing system, and is to remotely install operating systems on the client computing systems in an unattended manner, where the drivers of the devices for the client computing systems 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 of the devices within the master drive file, wherein the unattended installation file is a different file than the master driver file is. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing computer code executable by a server computing system to perform a method in relation to a plurality of client computing systems, the method comprising:
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determining, by the server computing system responsible for installing operating systems on the client computing systems, which drivers are needed for devices on the client computing systems that are not automatically found and installed on the client computing systems during vendor-specified operating system installation on the client computing systems; creating without user interaction, by the server computing system, entries for the drivers within a master driver file that are not already present within the master driver file as stored on the server computing system; copying the master driver file to each client computing system; copying the drivers that are needed for the devices on each client computing system to the client computing system; for each client computing system, creating references 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 as copied to the client computing system, by the server computing system; and
,remotely installing operating systems on the client computing systems in an unattended manner, where the drivers of the devices for the client computing systems 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 of the devices within the master driver file, wherein the unattended installation file is a different file than the master driver file is. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing computer code executable by a server computing system to perform a method in relation to a plurality of client computing systems, the method comprising:
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determining, by the server computing system responsible for installing operating systems on the client computing systems, which drivers are needed for devices on the client computing systems that are not automatically found and installed on the client computing systems during vendor-specified operating system installation on the client computing systems; creating without user interaction, by the server computing system, entries for the drivers within a master driver file that are not already present within the master driver file as stored on the server computing system; copying the master driver file to each client computing system; copying the drivers that are needed for the devices on each client computing system to the client computing system; for each client computing system, creating references 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 as copied to the client computing system, by the server computing system; and
,remotely installing operating systems on the client computing systems in an unattended manner, where the drivers of the devices for the client computing systems 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 of the devices within the master driver file, wherein the unattended installation file is a different file than the master driver file is, and wherein the devices on client computing systems that are not automatically found and installed on the client computing systems during vendor-specified operating system installation on the client computing systems are mass storage devices.
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