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4,351 2008-04-04 09:13:12
Re: Help! CDROM contacted at T39 after uncompressing driverpacks (3 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
4,352 2008-04-03 20:20:52
Re: Help! CDROM contacted at T39 after uncompressing driverpacks (3 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
the source (in this case your dvd) is passed to setup, mru, possably the registry.
the only way to test accurately is to run the install from the network. or to copy a preimage then remove the dvd and reboot.
4,353 2008-04-03 19:57:23
Re: Unattended CD or RIS (15 replies, posted in Other)
there are a couple of users who drop-in here that do RIS off a Linux server. that would be difficult.
I do silly stuff like that sometimes... for fun... my friends often ask why? just to hear the answer: the one they know is coming
Because I can... 
...
I think you should not let your first attempt at 2003 intimidate you.
Think of it as XP with PMS you just have to proceed carefully
i have loaded 2003 server countless times.
Yet i find it still takes me a few runs at a new setup before i am happy with it.
i will usually get it all up and running with drivers and updates and then ghost it right before i promote it to a domain controller.
that saves a couple of hours if you choose poorly when setting it up. jsut restore the image from right before you promoted it.
and you get a clean slate in no time. the server side setup of ris is not difficult. the biggest issue with ris is making sure the lan drivers get installed (unless you copy everything to the local drive first)
give 2003 a second chance - besides now you have found out there are support comunities out there.
4,354 2008-04-03 09:16:04
Re: [HOWTO] Using DriverPacks w/ Sysprep (Updated for BASE 7.04) (204 replies, posted in Universal Imaging)
If you have a driver that does not install useing the dpinst method then get the HWID's (tool in my sig) and
Start a post in the correct subforum start teh title with [REQ]
post the HWIDS and the DriverPack version(s) for that device.
if you know where the working driver can be found (OEM) then a link is considered polite.
We can't stand missing drivers...
jeff
4,355 2008-04-03 08:57:13
Re: [HOWTO] Using DriverPacks w/ Sysprep (Updated for BASE 7.04) (204 replies, posted in Universal Imaging)
we cross posted check my last please
PSS i have seen some good scripts for sysprep and hal on this forum somewhere... i forgot who and where.
4,356 2008-04-03 08:51:26
Re: [HOWTO] Using DriverPacks w/ Sysprep (Updated for BASE 7.04) (204 replies, posted in Universal Imaging)
i think i now how you can win this useing existing tools
DPinst.exe is a MS tool that will compare your local device managers device drivers (or lack there of)
to a folder that may contain subfolders of drivers and atuomaticaly update them if newer drivers exist in those folders.
This works in much the same manner as if you selected search removable media, (with a recursive folder search)
it is not very difficult to edit the XML file that then runs dpinst.exe in unnattended mode (i have a link to a working sample below)
this would be great if you plugged in a card to a machine and had no clue what is was.
Run dpinst with driverpacks and device manager will tell you.
We have a new freind here at DriverPacks, WarmSnow he has a front end / GUI for MS's DPinst.exe
It works well useing the driverpacks as a source for those driver folders
the Idea is to update blackboxes with the drivers from our packs.
Unattended and not just at the time of install... any time.
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 148#p19148
be sure to read the First post and get the file from the Last post.
I have also created a simple script that does the same thing (no gui) inspired by WSnow
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=2264
first post is how to create a source and second is how to autoinstall drivers on a machine.
4,357 2008-04-02 14:33:52
Re: My script is rebooting the PC before the finisher completes (14 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
Perhaps you should mention it on the other forums.
you can (if you want to) run DPsFnshr.exe at any time after the install.
IE don't put it in in your scripts anywhere at all.
Once everything is all done just double click on it in windows explorer.
in this way one could prove that their script was the issue and not the finisher itself...
4,358 2008-04-02 13:36:23
Re: [solved] HD Audio - Dell Ven_8384 Dev_7690 SigmaTel (March '08) (17 replies, posted in Hardware)
lets see your base.ini and log these will show if 888111 is installed.
if I386\svcpack\KB888111.cat exists in your source it might be added, but not properly added
if it does not exist then it is definitely not added.
if your hda is failing then 888111 is not slipstreamed / installed.
I suspect this is a sysprep issue it's definately not a base / DriverPacks issue.
(ps SysPrep is not supported by DriverPacks - but someone may post a solution.)
(pss this should be in the installation platforms forum)
xp SP3 may also eliminate your problem.
on the machine that has this problem what happens if you manually install 888111 and then manually reinstall the sound drivers?
4,359 2008-04-02 11:28:44
Re: [HOWTO] Using DriverPacks w/ Sysprep (Updated for BASE 7.04) (204 replies, posted in Universal Imaging)
IMHO sysprep is the worst possible way to deploy windows.
It sounds like you need to start clean. Perhaps you will consider an easier and more flexible method.
local installs
RVM
Nlite
DriverPacks
WPI
remote installs
above list plus RogueSpears AutoImage. (RIS)
in this way every install is a master and it takes a fraction of the time to create and maintain and
any issues or problems are not copied to new systems and no HAL problems.
IE your image had adobe 6 installed then you upgraded to 7 then 8 then 8.1
all of the garbage for 6, 7 and 8 still exists in the syspreped registry and the mess grows with each new pass.
after a few upgrades your registry is in the same condition as a two year old machine. (in need of repair or reinstall)
by using an UWXP install each machine is a Clean install (a new master) and has no left over / extraneous garbage in the registry.
a bloated registry is a very bad thing and it is guaranteed with sysprep. not to mention hal issues which don't exist with a UWXP install.
If you are simultaneously deploying to multiple identical machines use ghost,
it automatically handles the SID and sysprep is not even needed
and in multi-cast mode the image is sent simultaneously to all machines
(instead of a 1 to 1 copy it is a 1 to many copy drasticly reducing time and network load)
i have used this technique to copy as many as 100 machines at the same time.
And 100 takes no longer than one since it is a true multi-cast.
please see this other thread.. http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=2436
4,360 2008-04-02 11:05:41
Re: Install Driver Packs from $OEM$ Network Share (25 replies, posted in Installation Platforms)
no...
replace DPM8021.7z
with DPM8042.7z
obviously the name is not hard coded. read the script above.
%SystemDrive%\bin\un7zip.exe %SystemDrive%\DP*.7z %SystemDrive%\
"DP*.7z" is what gets copied / extracted.
mass textmode must be added with base
4,361 2008-04-02 07:43:18
Re: Install Driver Packs from $OEM$ Network Share (25 replies, posted in Installation Platforms)
all packs except mass can be substituted but you must be careful to rename them to thier 8.3 names correctly.
unattend.txt is winnt.sif the content and funtionality are identical.
we simply need to rename it for a network install.
leave it to microsoft to make it harder than it needs to be.
4,362 2008-04-01 16:33:42
Re: [solved] HD Audio - Dell Ven_8384 Dev_7690 SigmaTel (March '08) (17 replies, posted in Hardware)
please do a search for kb888111 thanks...
4,363 2008-04-01 09:32:07
Re: ASUSTEK M2NMXSE 6100 DDR2 VGA+LAN+SATA2 16X 940p driverpack eror (5 replies, posted in Hardware)
no problem we understand that many people do not speak english as their primary language.
Just provide as much detail and information as you can.
4,364 2008-04-01 09:28:32
Re: Vista driverpacks and slipstreamer (74 replies, posted in Vista-Tool)
not much help if your testing to see if the drivers worked
or in my case, you wanted to play HALO...
4,365 2008-04-01 09:21:41
Topic: [REQ] mass tag missing... (1 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)
multiple versions includeing DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_8021
ms_1_exc_replaceIfOS="wxp,w2k3"
needs to be ms_1_exc_replaceIfOS="w2k,wxp,w2k3"
Because this driver Does exist natively in windows 2000 the OEM driver will get deleted if it is not tagged as "replace"
explained:
Base checks to see if it was previously run.
if it discovers that this is not the first time base was run it removes the previous install.
base checks the entire mass ini for file names.
all names that are not tagged as "replace" get deleted. PERIOD.
IE if an OEM driver.sy_ was marked as Replace and Skip
skip = then it will not get backed up to .org and it will not be replaced / updated.
replace = it will not get deleted if base is rerun on a source (it's a native windows file)
and if there is no "driver.org" file then it also won't get restored
So if a driver.sy? name exists natively in windows\I386 it is by definition a "replacement"
it may also be marked as skip
Don't use the windows 2000 disable exception on a replacement driver. (use skip)
[L2]
ms_count=1
ms_1_deviceName="LSI Logic MegaRAID Enterprise 1200 RAID Controller"
ms_1_tag="mraid35x"
ms_1_sysFile="Mraid35x.sys"
ms_1_hwids="PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_9010,PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_9060,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0438101E,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0466101E,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0467101E,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0471101E,PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0471101E,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0490101E,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0493101E,PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0493101E,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0407&SUBSYS_05301000,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0408&SUBSYS_00011000,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0408&SUBSYS_00021000,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0762101E,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0475101E,PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0475101E,PCI\VEN_1011&DEV_0046&SUBSYS_0489101E,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_B555&SUBSYS_0489101E,PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0494101E,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0494101E,PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0503101E,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0503101E,PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0511101E,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_A5201000,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_05181000,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_05201000,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0407&SUBSYS_05311000,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0407&SUBSYS_05321000,PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0522101E,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_05221000,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_05231000,PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_45231000,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_10C6103C,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_10C7103C,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_10CC103C,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_10CD103C,PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_60E7103C,PCI\VEN_101E&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_60E8103C,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_0431101E"
ms_1_isBusExtender=false
ms_1_exc_replaceIfOS="w2k,wxp,w2k3"
ms_1_exc_skipIfOS="w2k"Setting MS count to 0 will disable adding a driver
and prevent the removal the drivers .sys file during the prep stage if it was previously streamed by base.
I hope this helps with the mass mystery
4,366 2008-04-01 08:22:37
Re: My script is rebooting the PC before the finisher completes (14 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
It may help someone. thanks
This will probably not make it into the tutorial. the DriverPacks are aimed at the technically savvy user.
It is assumed our users are already aware of the signifigance of the basic settings.
I frequently refer noobs to read up and come back... (you provided good details and were polite so...)
It is our position that you should at least understand the contents of this guide as a prerequisite for getting the best support from us.
Glad your here and that we could help...
jeff
4,367 2008-04-01 08:06:19
Re: Some newbie questions (10 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
I think that it is important to note that KTD; All, paths, and patterns will be unaffected
it only effects KTD if useing custom "pack" selection and when not all packs are selected
for the most part only sound and graphics will have issues (the split packs)
or other packs if KTD is NOT set to ALL and if folders are shortned to \D\*.*
again the workaround is to specify your KTD manually useing the "paths" method
4,368 2008-04-01 07:44:33
Re: Service Temporarily Unavailable (41 replies, posted in Other)
yes i am updating the KTD folders as i go in RC3.
as we continue to streamline the folder structures there may be some anomalies
If using KTD when using the "packs" selection method. (unless you select all packs)
if you use KTD "all", "patterns" or "paths" then you should not be affected.
I am waiting for the release of XP sp3 because that is the primary feature of RC3...
if you must use KTD in the interim just use the paths method for the packs you select.
jeff
4,369 2008-04-01 07:26:13
Re: Cant Burn CDs (6 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
if the process stops it should create an event in the log (it might not be flagged as an error) take a look based on teh time stamps for events that coincide time wise.
4,370 2008-03-31 23:35:12
Re: [suggestion] Driver locator !!! (3 replies, posted in Feature Requests)
as you point out driverguide already provides that service.
and yes if you look into the artical i pointed to it uses a redistributable MS tool (DPINST.exe) and a default config file.
so there is no source it's just useing an existing tool and combineing it with with a good driver store
if you are asking about warmsnow's GUI you will have to ask him... although, it is just a wrapper for MS's dpinst
4,371 2008-03-31 20:02:46
Re: [suggestion] Driver locator !!! (3 replies, posted in Feature Requests)
we have an upgrade for that...
one is a script
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 806#p17806
and one is a nice GUI
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic. … 805#p17805
It doesn't bother telling you what it is it just installs the driver...
Of course you could look in device manger... if it still mattered.
4,372 2008-03-31 19:52:01
Re: Question for Bâshrat the Sneaky (10 replies, posted in Other)
he did... it is in the code tags above...
4,373 2008-03-31 18:56:08
Re: Vista driverpacks and slipstreamer (74 replies, posted in Vista-Tool)
vista did away with the whole boot.ini / loader thing - and it made me sad...
In the end I saw no useful purpose for the new boot-loader system...
What was gained by switching from a known good system? IDK...
Dual Booting is cake UNLESS you do what I did...
I put a 40GB IDE HDD in my "drawer" Drive Bay and opened my bios and Specified my boot sequence so that the Drawer was Primary and the SATA drives and IDE RAID were tertiary. This has Always worked flawlessly on my GigaByte MB.
However enter hasta la Vista... I run setup and I feed it the driver and wait for setup to load the files and reboot, and I wait gleefully for the second part of setup but instead I am sad. the boot tracks are on the SATA drive, and my system won't boot at all and I have to repair my sata's boot tracks.
I finally had to disconnect all the other drives in the system to load Vista on the IDE drive.
You may be thinking "well, it's kinda silly to put vista on the IDE drive when you have SATA available..."
but I don't have a spare sata removable drive that I can format ATM nor do i wish to molest my primary setup ATM. but I digress,
The point is, it doesn't work as well as it's predecessor.
IE had I been in this situation with XP;
I could have used notepad for the boot.ini, and fdisk /mbr for the boot-track
and I would have been off to the races in no time at all.
In retrospect i should have just ghosted my primary sata to the drawer and repartitioned,
but hind-sight is always 20/20... ain't it?
4,374 2008-03-30 12:51:13
Re: Vista driverpacks and slipstreamer (74 replies, posted in Vista-Tool)
the existing base code is autoit so were starting with that... i almost got RC3 nailed down.
they finaly decided to include the hotfixes they said they wern't going to... figures...
I have totaly cleaned house on the core of Base and it is ready for final testing and ready for some new features and Vista.
I now have 2.5 gig of ram so i can use my machine (and a removable HDD) for test installing on a live machine.
i got to get back to coding now...
4,375 2008-03-30 12:20:59
Re: Some newbie questions (10 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
to make that viable with the finisher i will have to edit the base to point to the D\Wxx folders
the finisher and KTD will expect the old subfolders until i add the new folders to the list
this will be most evident for the split packs like sound and video