except cab compression
to trigger base into creating the cabs you will need an I386 source folder
It is not neccessary to use it after it creates your $OEM$\$1\$D folder (with the cabbed drivers)
but base will not cab them unless it detects a valid source.

so all of the above is possable (and i thought descibed well in the posts you refered to...)

except you will need a source os to cab the files. on the up side it wouldnt matter if it was XP, win 2000, or win 2003 as the source.

I would suggest to you that you could put the OEM folder with the 7zip archives on the cd with the script.
yes i realize that it extracts them to the local machine but it also removes them when it is done.
jsut a suggestion that gets the DriverPacks onto a CD without having to have a source OS.

this is what i want to do

a) i want to creat a Stand Alone Driver cd (drivers in cab format so as to fit all on one cd)

b) i want to creat a Stand Alone Driver dvd

cd/dvd criterias

1. cd/dvd is to be used post os instalation

2. use DP_Install_Tool.cmd from cd/dvd

3. auto launch "DP_Install_Tool.cmd"

4. all necessary files for "DP_Install_Tool.cmd" available on cd /dvd (i.e. DPINST.exe, DPInst.xml, un7zip.exe, DPsFnshr.exe, etc)

5. the resulting cd /dvd should be able to update / install all drivers on any system (BlackBox) without leaving junk files / drivers behind

And i want to do this manually, that is without original source os files

is this possible?

also is it possible to use a dummy source..or another other workaround possible?

thanks

p.s. do the SAD cd/dvd 's created in the maner explained here

http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=2264

if used with DriverPacks BASE 8.05 meet my 5 criterias?