DriverPacks.net Forum - How do you use DriverPacks?

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-11-21T17:13:50Z

Yeah, I don't know about the ATI CCC. I haven't had to install it on any machines.

So far so good with all my hardware. Mobile Pentium 3 800mhz all the way up to Core 2 Duo 2.13ghz machines. Mostly Intel chipsets and some VIA.

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-10-19T02:14:03Z

Hi, we can always use people to run tests on "non-production" machines.

Yes, it does look like the sysprep crowd come 'from the voodvork out'.
(Sorry, I had to smile. This reminded me of the Shimmelhorn tales.)

I get the feeling that proper documentation of what we did to fix issues is of extreme importance now.
For instance, ExOrt was alarmed when he used a Mass storage version where an intel driver had been updated, and the updated file was given a new name (to wit, iastor70).
When he asked, I immediately knew he had used a test-pack.

The X-files or EXPERIMENTAL mass storage testpacks have unique INF filenames now.
The drivers themselves, most can get a unique filename too, but I have not done that yet.
(It requires we edit filecopy sections in INF for each driver systemfile renamed.).

Anyway, glad to see you guys post.

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-10-19T01:10:57Z

Another first poster (the sysprep crowd are slowly creeping out of the woodwork!) I've been watching this thread and another I think by SkinLayer? (appologies if i'm wrong it's late!) and I'm curious about this one in particular :

kickarse wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
(1) I split the drivers into two areas on root of the base workstation, pre-image. One is essential and the second is well secondary. Extract all 7zip files and then put them in the corresponding folders -
C:\D has CPU, Chipset, LAN
C:\D2 has Sound, Graphics, WLAN
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
(2) Run the utility called Sysprep Driver Scanner to enumerate and add the drivers to the registry, pre-sysprep. Put this program in the folder C:\D2
http://www.vernalex.com/tools/spdrvscn/index.shtml

If you use the driver scanner, does it correctly install for example the ATI CCC? I'm about to take the plunge and try a universal image after spending way to long creating individual images for all our hardware, trying to piece together everyone's tips for "universal" or at least for arguements sake "semi-universal" images has been interesting. So any advice or tips welcomed! Also if anyone needs anything testing I'm sure I can find some time to turn the odd box into a guinea pig

Rob

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-10-09T17:51:57Z

You need to add the driver in your image (use mass storage pack) and specify the hwids in sysprep.inf massstorage section.

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-10-09T12:21:33Z

johnk963 wrote:

If you simply sysprep a Windows install using DriverPacks with KTD, the only two things lacking in order to make a universal image are the x0...07b/mass storage controller problem and the HAL problem. Some relatively minor things break that way (HD audio), but are easy to fix. There are several methods for resolving the HAL issue. I haven't found any satisfactory solution to the x0...07b error; manually adding lines to the sysprepmassstorage section has problems with Intel drivers in particular and is tedious in general, and I haven't found a FixIDE script newer than September 2006. This method doesn't seem to solve the mass storage problem either. What are the advantages to using this method over the aformentioned method?

My first post here, so I'll start off with some info I found very helpful for this issue.

If you go to this Microsoft KB Article KB314082, it explains in detail how to get around the 0x0000007b error.

I've successfully created a single sysprepped image which works on the following PC's

Acer 5100, Acer 5600G, Acer SK-30 & SK-50, Acer 3700GX, IBM Thinkcentre A50 as well as a few custom builds with Gigabyte and Asus motherboards. The only PC I couldn't get the image to work on was a current model Optima WorkPro X860, which is a Q965 chipset board, however changing the SATA from AHCI to Legacy resolved fixed it and it worked fine. I'm still looking into how to get this to work in AHCI.

Anyways, I hope this helps you guys out...

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-09-25T20:14:33Z

Yeah just let me know what I can do. I don't have any silicon chips though...

I don't know if they have AHCI enabled. I could check though.

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-09-25T19:40:35Z

Hi
well, the intel INF won't do duplicate HWIDs (they are edited out), and the files have unique names.

Somebody once suggested to also make the service names in the INF unique for each driver.

(in the latest Mass storage testpack, Silicon Image drivers were edited similarly. The files got UNIQUE names, the HWIDs have no overlap in the INFs, and the latest driver will only support the few HWIDs it has exclusive to itself.
There is reason to believe the OLDer driver (for older silicon BIOS) will run in silicon's newer BIOS, but we know for sure that the newest driver will NOT run in an older silicon BIOS.
Since they used same names, (and had massive overlap) I have built this "somewhat experimental" testpack on silicon image.

If it works, we all gain.
The approach should cause less pain for sysprep users.
We need you guys.
I test disc installs, and sysprep users have to do their 'thing".

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-09-24T19:45:01Z

The Intel issue was fixed by the new masstorage pack, Jaak splited the driver in three distinct folder so it support all Intel SATA controllers. Make sure you update your mass storage section in sysprep.inf when you update the Mass Storage drivers. If the sysprep dont shutdown your PC or runs forever it is because you have HWID or non existing INF pointing in your syspep.inf file.

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-09-24T19:31:36Z

kickarse wrote:

My images can image from a Intel BX, VIA, SIS chipsets all the way up to the new ICH7's so far. I haven't had to do a 8 or 9 yet.

Are any of them SATA with AHCI enabled?

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-09-24T19:20:25Z

My images can image from a Intel BX, VIA, SIS chipsets all the way up to the new ICH7's so far. I haven't had to do a 8 or 9 yet.

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-09-24T18:00:05Z

From another thread I started, others who were working on sysprep/driverpack problems said that the new Intel drivers cause an issue with some older Intel hardware. Are you sure that your method doesn't have a problem with older Intel hardware? Regarding other hardware, I understand that Intel is the majority of the market, but we do occassionally have to install Windows on some more exotic hardware and could certainly use a way to modify Sysprep.inf automatically. The script that someone made here had some issues with it, but it seemed to be a good start.

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-09-24T17:44:33Z

My brother (JakeLD) and I have been modified sysprep .inf by including the mass storage controller manually. I would say that at least 70% of the market use intel chipset, even more in company. So if you get your sysprep working with intel chipset you're in business. As for the HAL problem, we have been using mysysprep for a while and it's working perfectly. In a near future this HAL problem will disappear with dual-core cpu taking the market over.

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-09-24T13:17:10Z

Universal is a broad term. The way I use it is that I can image any computer in my company. It does take some prep to make sure that the drivers for the SysprepMassStorage are correct. And that you image on the correct HAL. Almost all computers that you are going to image will be able to run with these settings that I described.

There was also a universal IDE controller driver that was posted on the MSFN.org forums a while back. Perhaps that would help with some of this?
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http://alter.org.ua/en/soft/win/uni_ata/

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-09-23T04:57:14Z

If you simply sysprep a Windows install using DriverPacks with KTD, the only two things lacking in order to make a universal image are the x0...07b/mass storage controller problem and the HAL problem. Some relatively minor things break that way (HD audio), but are easy to fix. There are several methods for resolving the HAL issue. I haven't found any satisfactory solution to the x0...07b error; manually adding lines to the sysprepmassstorage section has problems with Intel drivers in particular and is tedious in general, and I haven't found a FixIDE script newer than September 2006. This method doesn't seem to solve the mass storage problem either. What are the advantages to using this method over the aformentioned method?

Re: How do you use DriverPacks?

2007-09-21T23:38:03Z

the M$ KB still posts about the issue..
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/888372

but does not offer the fix.
that is indeed weird.