if the platforms both use the the same controller for the HDD it will work
if not you wont even get to safemode youll get the "7B" bsod error
(incorrect HDD driver)
5,201 2007-05-02 16:14:05
Re: Hardware Universal Ghost Image (28 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
5,202 2007-05-01 09:28:36
Re: BSOD solution for HighPoint 100/133 ATA RAID (HPT3XX) (9 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)
you will have to cut and paste the contents into your post
use the code tags to keep it clean [ code] your pasted file contents here [ /code]
dont use spaces between the [ ] and you will get this
your pasted file contents here
5,203 2007-05-01 09:06:47
Re: SISAGP driver file missing after slipstreaming (6 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
its probably something to do with QSC and Method 1 or an error in the pack's ini, I'll look at the code and see if i can spot it
5,204 2007-05-01 08:53:27
Re: Dpsfnshr.exe - missing settings file... (4 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
post your finisher log ? ? ?
5,205 2007-05-01 06:14:44
Re: [IMPL] New Via LAN drivers (15 replies, posted in DriverPack LAN)
I said it and I am sticking to it...
If it aint broke dont fix it...
why spend hours updating stuff that is working perfectly as is????
we are a small group of testers - that is my point too
the existing drivers in the packs however have been tested by thousands of people.
so what is better one that has been tested by thousands of people or an unknown?
Just so you can try to create a problem is the only answer i can come up with.
(if there was a performance increase that would be considered a valid reason
however he didn't say that his HDD was faster after the driver upgrade did he?)
better isn't a magic decision - if it adds HWID's then its worth it. if it addresses an existing issue then its worth it.
because there is a new one is not valid period....
and yes i think every driver that gets put in the pack should be tested - don't you?
what good is a driver pack that doesn't work???
because we are a small testing team is reinforcement of my point. a driver that is known good and tested by thousands of users is prefered to an unknown unless there is a GOOD reason.
a tested known good driver with no problems doesnt need to be replaced with an unknown quantity .
5,206 2007-04-30 10:07:01
Re: BSOD solution for HighPoint 100/133 ATA RAID (HPT3XX) (9 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)
It should take the better match even though its not first.
Nice job on the workaround too!
can we see your finisher log please?
5,207 2007-04-30 09:30:41
Re: Driver installation Using Vendor ID`s (19 replies, posted in Other)
@les
Most of the pack's ini files are not populated yet since we just started doing them. It strikes me you might be able to use your code to verify or create the individual pack ini files (which also would be a huge help to me for the bartpe module). It may even be that the ini's are the "key" to some mutual obsticals. If the ini's were used by your GUI would additional ini sections be required?
5,208 2007-04-30 08:46:14
Re: [IMPL] New Via LAN drivers (15 replies, posted in DriverPack LAN)
The Goal is to support All Hardware for x86 5.x 32 bit OS's.
if you
slipstream old drivers AND then having to install new drivers on top of them
then there must be a reason you "HAVE to install new drivers on top of them "
(Just because they exist does not require you to HAVE to update them)
(if somebody came out with an updated floppy disk driver I doubt i'd install it)
As I said because it's newer - does not mean - it's better. there is this thing they call BUGs!
hey look here! new drivers! doesnt help you or us.
It might be better - if it is it will be added. The only way we know if its better is if we see problems, or lack there of.
If New HWID's exist then it's guaranteed.
The goal is to have the best driverpacks, meaning the most compatable and reliable drivers.
Those may not necessarily be the newest, but, they just might be!
We need the research of users to prove new drivers.
what are your HWID's and your issue - that is how we decide.
If there is no benefit, then a new driver is not needed?
(Your driver got tested and is ready for release isn't it?)
5,209 2007-04-29 09:42:56
Re: [IMPL] New Via LAN drivers (15 replies, posted in DriverPack LAN)
Yes, I have an Abit KV8-Pro mainboard. I use the gigabit controller.
I just posted the topic to let you all know that they were updated.
Just because there is an update does not mean that it should get added.
Some times new drivers create more problems than they solve.
If a driver already exists in a pack there must be a valid reason to upgrade. (if it ain't broke don't fix it)
It is worth considering if it solves a problem or it adds support for more HWID's
So we need someone with the actual hardware to test a updated pack to see if it works before we release it
(IE if you dont have the hardware or are not willing to test a pack don't bother asking)
so normaly we require HWIDS and a reason to add.
"because there IS a new one" is not a reason!
5,210 2007-04-29 09:12:16
Re: DP BASE and WINNT.SIF (8 replies, posted in Software)
the winnt.sif must exist or you will fail
this file is modified by base and will need no attention from you.
make sure your DPs_base slipstream is the last step in your process!
5,211 2007-04-26 16:53:14
Re: [OLD] New driver for JMB36X RAID Controller v1.17.15.00 WHQL (2 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)
just because there is a new driver doesn't mean it works better than an existing one.
Are you haveing trouble with an existing driver or do you have hardware that is not supported?
what is your HWIDS's please
5,212 2007-04-26 16:49:03
Re: [help]this is my DPsFnshr.log.i am not sure if there's no error (3 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)
Looks like it worked perfect. What was the question????
i am not sure if there's no error either.
5,213 2007-04-26 16:36:30
Re: SISAGP driver file missing after slipstreaming (6 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
who is asking you where it is ?
Is this hardware you have in your machine?
does the driver work?
5,214 2007-04-22 11:13:46
Re: dpti2o .sys failed to CAB compress error (18 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
how much free space on C: ?
I keep asking about space because the full DP set is almost 2 gig uncompressed.
Is D: a mapped network drive?
Does the destination folder contain a dptio file already? is it read only?
DPTI2O.SY_ is a native driver for XP we update. IF for some reason we didnt have the correct permissions to the drive it wouldn't get removed and replaced (IE it's readonly and we're not an admin)
It's probably better to add the driverpacks to a fresh source after a faild slipstream if you didn't.
Noone else has reported this and I was not able to reproduce it here either. try running base with the /debug switch. the log may be to large to post here you can email it to me if so.
I checked the inf and there are no errors or extra spaces that would cause this.
5,215 2007-04-22 07:52:15
Re: OPEN: Windows Vista support [APPROVED] (88 replies, posted in Feature Requests)
the reasons were given. Your points are not even worth considering when you are pulling 99% of your statistics out of your @ss We still have more than 5% users for 2000 - by your metric that could not possbly be - who would even consider using a 7 year old os when vista is out??? - OMG! not to mention the thousands of users still on windows 98 almost ten years now after it was on teh way out..
You are not a donor. You are not a team member. you ARE either drunk or a teenager.
It's awfuly easy to sit on the side lines and bad mouth the home team. especialy when your not on the field. You are acting like my 7 year old when denied an ice cream cone, please grow up, and reread this thread.
Drivers for Vista WILL happen when its needed and feasible, right now its neither and it probably won't be any time soon since 64 bit drivers for XP and 2003 probably will be added before vista support.
The last two posts I answered were from users who were dumping the Vista that came preinstalled on thier laptops in order to load XP.
No matter what you do, or how hard you try, or whatever excuse you come up with, or how much you hate it THESE FACTS kinda shoot down your whole argument.
5,216 2007-04-22 00:43:33
Re: Driverpack slipstreaming differences? (3 replies, posted in Software)
As I have been writing the code for BartPE I have learned a great deal about the workings of the Base.
Bâshrat the Sneaky is still the only one who knows all, and he may have things to add or correct here. BUT...
The main two differences between M1 and M2 are compression method and availability to setup.
M1
Uses standard windows CAB compression and puts the driver files in the $OEM$\$1\ folder on the installation CD/DVD.
The $OEM$\$1\ folder is copied to the root folder of the drive windows will be installed on by windows Text-Mode setup.
- IE They are copied from the installation media to %SystemRoot%\D (Usually C:\D\[selected pack contents here] )
The path to every driver folder is then added to WINNT.SIF [unnattended] section OemPnpDriversPath=
This is where you can tell Setup to search driver folders to find a better match than what's in the existing drivers.cab on the Windows CD. If it finds a better match it will install those instead.
cmdlines.txt sets the finisher to run based on user selection GUIRunOnce or RunOnceExe
Disadvantage: The current driverpacks folder structure is over 6000 characters long so only the first 4096 will be used by setup
Advantage: The drivers are available for the entire GUI portion of setup.
I find this personaly useful because I use VMWare and the VMWare sound card emulates a SoundBlaster 128 which is natively supported by windows XP. Useing M2 The included XP driver will be loaded during setup instead of the one in the pack. The XP SB128 driver fails in VMWare (yellow exclamation point). The DriverPacks include the updated SB128 driver which works wonderfully but only if M1 is used. I use WPI with background music. If I use method two I get no sound when WPI runs and I must go into device manger and update the device manualy. Sometimes when I use M2 I will launch vmware tools installer previous to WPI when i set the runonce entries from txtsetup.cmd (it will not install and exit silently if not in a VMWare shell)
M2
Uses the awesome power of 7-Zip to achive near solid compression of the packs and copy them to a folder named OEM on the CD/DVD. PRESETUP.CMD is called from DOSNET.INF and used to decompress the drivers from the installation media to %SystemRoot%\D (Usually C:\D\[selected pack contents here] ) then DevPath.exe is used to update the path windows searches to find drivers. (setup is not affected by the 4096 limit now) then GUIRunOnce or RunOnceexe is set with "%SystemDrive%\DPsFnshr.exe"
Both methods
when the first logon occurs the finisher will either;
Keep The Driver (KTD) and then run DevPath.exe to update the path windows searches to find drivers
or Delete the files
there is more but that should invite good questions
5,217 2007-04-21 23:27:22
Re: dpti2o .sys failed to CAB compress error (18 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
How much free space is available on D: ?
Can you turn off Quick Stream Cache and be certain to delete the files in the:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\QSC\ folder
This has to be done manually, because removing the cache's contents is not a function of the Base program.
(strange place to install to by the way - I might have picked c:\driverpacks\ or something, but... My Documents?)
In answer to how to post here - please use the code tags - help with tags here http://forum.driverpacks.net/help.php
It keeps the posts shorter and easier to read!
[ code]This is some code.[ /code] omit the spaces right after the first brackets in each "tag"
you will get a code box like this
This is some code.
5,218 2007-04-21 22:55:40
Re: fake setup call himself instead original "setup.exe" - Setup Abort (43 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
That solution was posted - October 4 2006?
i guess you mean your glad you finally found it.
5,219 2007-04-21 22:42:48
Re: [REQ] LSI Logic PCI SCSI/FC MPI Driver - add hwids IBM Intellistation (38 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)
It would be a massive task if done all at once.
no need for that
just do a few at a time
when your updateing a section and redoing it anyway....
5,220 2007-04-21 03:08:54
Re: Driverpack slipstreaming differences? (3 replies, posted in Software)
method one uses cab compression and is about 500 meg on the disk it also uses an oempnppath statment to point to the drivers.
the path statment with the full set of packs exceeds the 4096 allowed path length and will not make all the drivers available to the install.
so method one is becomeing more and more obsolite as we add more drivers.
(ANSWER TO "A") it does still copy the files to the disk IF KTD is enabled.
Advantage here is the drivers are available to setup earlier in the install and this might be helpful in very rare cases.
(ANSWER TO "B") Hardware Installation Wizard will scan a cd/dvd for drivers. and find and use the M1 drivers, but M2 drivers are 7-zippped and it won't see them at all.
Method two uses 7-zip compression and has a 300 meg footprint.
the files are extracted to the HDD first and then made avalable to Plug and play by the driverpack finisher.
5,221 2007-04-21 02:41:42
Re: DriverPack on PE v2.0 (5 replies, posted in Installation Platforms)
Vista is not supported by the driverpacks at this time. so pickings may be thin around here.
pe info is scattered throughout the forums and may yeild some help. Best of luck to you. Please let us know if we can help.
5,222 2007-04-21 02:32:39
Re: Change location of the OEM folder (DSPdsblr.exe) (13 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
try this out http://siginetsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151
Power packer by Signet (who is a good friend of the driverpacks) does exactly whst you want
5,223 2007-04-20 18:55:00
Re: Driver installation Using Vendor ID`s (19 replies, posted in Other)
"I see" said the blind man!
also my guess was a little off 1.7 Gig uncompressed about 500 cabbed and 310 7-Zip format (method 2).
so it also is a disk space pickup!
5,224 2007-04-20 17:30:09
Re: [IMPL] New Via LAN drivers (15 replies, posted in DriverPack LAN)
HWID's available for the hardware?
5,225 2007-04-20 16:38:21
Re: dpti2o .sys failed to CAB compress error (18 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
versions of base and mass storage and the base log file please