I agree with useing a Virtual Machine first. Microsoft VM is free and VMWare has a free trial.

I have seen this error when useing the OemPreinstall=Yes in winnt.sif and an f6 driver is used.

It seems to me you are not really slipstreaming a disk install, this describes more of a RIS type installation.

Try reading this topic and see if it helps http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=641

tip: servers work better when you leave them on when you go home! ;-)

looks like its PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2997&CC_0700 but this actually looks like a serial device

It is probably for an optional remote management fuction - serial over lan - I put this with the 3rdParty plugins.

get it here --> http://3rdpartydriverpacks.thesneaky.co … -32_1.0.7z

Yes! Thanks to your time, interest and contribution it is now part of the driverpacks.
I don't know if it will make it to one of the main packs, that will be up to Bâshrat the Sneaky.

you will need to request additions in the appropriate forum.
this appears to be a network driver so...

you may always add a custom driver yourself look for 3rd party drivers in the forum

I'm with Muiz on this one if you were to extract all the drivers to a CD it would work great.

When you "update" drivers it searches the CD ROM by default.

the driver in the file-folder \DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_7011.7z - D\M\IN\1 uses the same HWID as your device.

you might get lucky if you put your "known good" driver files in that location and then slipstream the driver packs.

if you are not useing the OEM switch in your winnt.sif you might be able to still use the f6 with the driverpacks.

Did you look at the DPs_BASE.ini ?

are you useing other mods to the install as well? (Ryan VM, hfslip, or other)

What is the Source OS?
xp pro?
xp home?
xp media center?
2000?

try deleting all the files in the QSC folder and try again.

If that fails then post your DPs_BASE.log instead of the .ini

have a great day.

I was able to DL this last night and ok again this morning IE7

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(4 replies, posted in Other)

they are compressed

Figure out which drivers you want and copy the specific driver pack folders containing the drivers you require from the full packs to your 3rd party driver pack.  (copy only the folders with the *.INF files that contain your systems HWID's) then don't use/select the full packs provided here use your custom third party pack instead. you should easily be able to stay under the 4096 limit. helpful?

however if you don't use sysprep this becomes a non issue - That is what I and siginet were trying to get you to understand.

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My first computer was a dumb terminal + mainframe over 38 years ago. I was old school before they built the school.
I won't even begin to give you my full background. Suffice it to say have clients that are 50+ locations spread over multiple states and others that are international. I'm not some script kiddie, I have more than just a clue....

WPI is very easy to edit (kill the installation display or just the abort button and set the selection timeout to 1 sec or bypass it) but moreover it is a learning tool. It will open doors showing you how other people have already figured out how to automate the install of almost any software program you can think of. You can just get the command line switches from the forums and then write your own scripts  and not even use the wpi interface if you don't want. just use the examples and not have to reinvent the wheel.

you could use RIS with my recomended combo for non DVD stations or even for DVD Stations given the fact that network transfer rates could in the right setup blow away DVD transfer rates, and I always carry my external usb dvd with me for emergency.

perhaps a little more research using my advise since this discussion is way beyond the scope of this forum....

if you use DP + nLite + WPI  the sysprep method is Antiquated

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(37 replies, posted in Other)

There have been no posts here because it AIN'T dead!
The test packs have been updated and tested every day by us team members!
Bâshrat the Sneaky has been Tied up cramming and examming...
and he has to check, test and do a final sign off on all the packs before there is a release!
I think you will be very pleased with all the new drivers we updated/added into the packs.
As always the time and date of the next release is "very soon!".

Hey Siginet - you da man!

i have had trouble with my sound drivers in VMware useing m2 and WPI the drivers arn't installed soon enough to beat the native windows drivers to the device but other than that...

If you need drivers from every pack then it doesn't make sense to remove anything from them.

You said you only needed to support two dell platforms ? ? ?
I am thinking making a pack of 50 or so drivers would be much easier than removing several hundreds.
That would be a very short list of drivers, what am I missing here?

"(other than the mass storage pack which I likely won't change)."
Extremely high likelyhood of going down in flames messing with the mass storage pack with text mode support turned on.  please DON'T go there! It will almost certainly be a catastrophy. Now, if you wish to give up text mode support, I'm not sure how that will shake out. Maybe you will have limited success.
I am guessing now that disk space is your main concern. The mass storage pack is quite small at a measily 20 meg after extraction. Not much room to be had, even if you cut it completely.

nLite has always worked wonderfully for me with mass storage drivers.

It is only neccessary to use the packs you need. IE If you dont need the wireless lan pack don't select it.
If you want only specific drivers then you would need to create a 3rd party pack.

However the mass storage "Text Mode Drivers" are built into the main executable.
If you require special drivers to "see" your hard drive (the hit f6 drivers) then you will have to run with the entire mass storage pack.

You might get away with hacking the driver packs but I wouldn't.
It would be less work to just add the ones you need manually. To do this check out nLite.
You can easily add only certain drivers to your install for text mode and PNP.

http://www.nliteos.com/

Does that answer help?

I wrote a script a couple of weeks ago to slipstream office hotfixes.


http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=89038

Did you read these two Threads?

1. http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=5

2. http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=279

http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=578

You may find some useful info in that thread

Not yet but soon...

that one is in the mix already

needs tested. and Bâshrat the Sneaky to signoff on it

you could just set a login script to delete the KTD folder... easy
you could use group policy or a login script to assign progams... easy
not sure why you would, or how you would, by mac address.

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(5 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)

3rd party packs are PNP driver only. They won't help if your boot drive isn't recognized.

nLite will give you the ability to add the "text mode" driver for that as you know.

Muiz and the DriverPacks team and our DriverPack testers have been working their behinds off.

We are beta testing all new Drivers in all DriverPacks daily. Stay tuned!