Appeal No. 2002-2149
Application No. 08/807,096
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to computer boot media having an executable program
stored thereon to automatically detect one of a plurality of different CD-ROM devices,
and cause installation of a corresponding driver program. Representative claim 1 is
reproduced below.
1. A computer system comprising:
a computer having at least a central-processing unit, a memory, and a
configuration file;
a CD-ROM device;
a flag register;
a removable media storage device operatively coupled to the computer;
a boot media removably insertable in the removable media storage device
and having an executable program stored thereon for automatically detecting
one of a plurality of different compact-disc read-only-memory (CD-ROM)
devices, querying a user of the computer for a desired language in which for the
computer to convey user-readable information, and causing installation of a
driver program corresponding to the detected CD-ROM device, according to a
method comprising:
checking for the presence of a flag in the flag register denoting the
presence of a CD-ROM device;
detecting the CD-ROM;
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