Patent ID: 6453363
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer-readable medium with executable instructions representing a computer program that can cause a computer to mount one or more volume files so that a device driver for a device can be retrieved from a mounted volume file, by the steps of:for each volume file, receiving an indication of a name of the volume file and of a drive identification that will be assigned to a volume that contains the volume file; and for each device, retrieving a device driver for the device from a volume that has already been assigned a drive identification; installing the retrieved device driver wherein the device with the installed device driver is a volume with an assigned drive identification; and for each volume file, when the volume that contains the volume file has been assigned a drive identification, mounting the volume file with the indicated name from that volume wherein the mounted volume file is a volume with an assigned drive identification so that a device driver can subsequently be retrieved from a mounted volume file.