A method for automatically installing an initial software configuration on at least one target computer in an installation system. The at least one target computer is booted from a boot storage medium. Identification data associated with the hardware configuration of the target computer is automatically...http://www.google.com/patents/US6681323?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6681323 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY INSTALLING AN INITIAL SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION INCLUDING AN OPERATING SYSTEM MODULE FROM A LIBRARY CONTAINING AT LEAST TWO OPERATING SYSTEM MODULES BASED ON RETRIEVED COMPUTER IDENTIFICATION DATA