Patent ID: 6327706
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of installing software on and/or testing a computer system, comprising the steps of:reading a plurality of component descriptors from a computer readable file, each component descriptor describing a respective component of the computer system;reading a plurality of steps from a database, each step being associated with a component descriptor and including a respective sequence number;sequencing the plurality of steps in a predetermined order according to the sequence numbers to provide a step sequence including commands for installing software on and/or testing the computer system;determining for each step read from the database, from data associated with that step in the database, if that step is incompatible with the presence in the computer system of a component other than that corresponding to the component descriptor associated with the step; and if sodiscarding the step or not according to further data associated with that step in the database.