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Installation system
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Inventors: Imai, Tsuneo; Mitani, Yoshifumi; Komatsu, Kiyoharu;
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner: Oberley; Alvin E.
Assistant Examiner: Richey; Michael T.
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
The present invention provides an installation system that facilitates the operation on computer terminals in the network system and allows for automatic installation of an operating system software program on computer terminals. A PC to be shipped is connected to a network. After the PC is switched on, an installation floppy disk is inserted in the drive and started up. The installation start-up program stored in the floppy disk is copied to the internal memory of the PC. After the PC is connected to an installation server, the hard disk drive is initialized. The bar coded ID of the PC is read with a bar code reader. The installation information relevant to that ID is retrieved from the installation server by using the ID as a key. Based on the installation information retrieved, the software information stored in the storage device of installation server is read to obtain the operating system software program and the pertinent information for setting up the environment, and then the operating system software is installed. In the next step, application software programs are also installed. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The method of the present invention to overcome the problem described above is characterized by copying an installation start-up program to a computer terminal, determining whether or not the hard disk drive should be initialized, and initializing it, if necessary, followed by installation of the operating system software.
An object of the present invention is, therefore, to present an installation system that automatically installs an operating system in a computer terminal on its network with a simplified manual operation on the computer terminal.
According to a first embodiment of the invention, an installation system comprises an installation server, a plurality of computer terminals, and a network connected between the installation server and the computer terminals.
According to a first aspect of the first embodiment, the installation server comprises a storage means for storing installation information and software information.
The installation information includes IDs of the computer terminals, and the software information includes operating system software, a plurality of application software programs, and information for setting up an environment.
According to second aspect of the first embodiment of the invention, each computer terminal includes a hard disk drive, and an installation start-up program storage means for storing installation start-up program that is copied from a portable information recording medium when the computer terminal is switched on; According to a third aspect of the first embodiment of the invention, each computer terminal also includes an ID storage means for storing the IDs of the computer terminal, and a hard disk drive initialization decision means that determines whether initialization of said hard disk drive is necessary.
According to a fourth aspect of the first embodiment of the invention, each computer terminal further includes an installation information storage means.
If initialization of the hard disk drive is necessary, the installation information storage means retrieves from the installation server the installation information corresponding to the computer terminal using its ID as a key, and stores it therein
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