Patent ID: 8150947

Claim:
A method for performing software installation on a headless device comprising: using a first device to interactively obtain answers in connection with installation processing performed on the first device regarding the software installation for the headless device; recording the answers on a storage device of the first device; communicating the answers to the headless device by connecting the storage device to the headless device making the answers available to the headless device during the software installation on the headless device; subsequent to communicating the answers, performing hardware examination processing on the headless device; recording hardware-related information obtained during the hardware examination processing on the headless device on the storage device; performing processing on the first device to determine whether the headless device meets minimum installation requirements and whether additional information is needed for the software installation on the headless device; subsequent to performing the hardware examination processing, updating the answers based upon obtained hardware-related information; and using the updated answers in connection with executing installation software on the headless device to perform the software installation on the headless device.