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AssigneeApple Computer, Inc.
InventorsColm J. Murphy, John L. Stanley
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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.
A system for downloading a software bundle onto a computer, comprising:
A method for downloading a software bundle onto a multiplicity of storage devices, comprising the steps of:
A method for downloading a software bundle onto a computer, comprising the steps of:
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