ok, it took me several days to find that I should simply ignore the error back then. I forgot to leave the feedback, and remembered just now. The system works flawlessly, for anyone interested. Follow instructions in the maillist, adjust the partition size as I did and you'll get get Unattended + DriverPacks.
1 2011-01-26 21:35:57
Re: driverpacks with unattended (11 replies, posted in Installation Platforms)
2 2010-11-12 05:33:29
Re: driverpacks with unattended (11 replies, posted in Installation Platforms)
ok, I figured it out... most of it. The DP Base needs to be launched with administrator privileges at least once, then Autoimage can detect it. And the reason why windows says there's no space is because there's actually no space. Unattended uses a 4Gb fat32 partition as an intermediate step in installation, and apparently it is not enough for windows+DP. To fix that, one needs to adjust 'fdisk_cmds' parameter of [_meta] section in unattend.txt file.
fdisk_cmds = "fdisk /clear 1;fdisk /pri:100,100;fdisk /delete /pri:1;fdisk /pri:8000;fdisk /activate:1"- that doubles the partition and allows windows to install successfully (at least, on a KVM machine).
Now, one last problem I have is that during installation on real hardware there was some problem with nvidia videocard, windows said the driver could not be installed and will be rolled back to previous version. Maybe I should've disabled nvidia control panel in DP.
I'd really like to be over with it already. How'd I use this SAD with network installation? Do I need to integrate network drivers, too?
3 2010-11-10 01:54:33
Re: driverpacks with unattended (11 replies, posted in Installation Platforms)
OverFlow wrote:
those instructions are over three years old (june of 2007) and not accurate or useful.
because it is based on false assumtions about KTD.
yes, but it looks like they worked, and I couldn't find anything more relevant.
4 2010-11-09 19:26:13
Re: driverpacks with unattended (11 replies, posted in Installation Platforms)
I fixed the link as well, you can try and see it. It's a second google link for 'unattended drivepacks'
Actually, I've already tried AutoImage. I think it has some problems with Vista, because when I select DP Base in Autoimage, it says "The Driverpacks BASE utility must be executed at least once before it can be used with AutoImage". Close Autoimage, run DPBase, close DPDase, run Autoimage - same answer.
5 2010-11-09 17:03:40
Re: driverpacks with unattended (11 replies, posted in Installation Platforms)
I fixed my post.
6 2010-11-09 02:31:22
Topic: driverpacks with unattended (11 replies, posted in Installation Platforms)
Hello. I'm trying to setup unattended (unattended.sourceforge.net) with driverpacks. The Unattended part works well, I can boot and install windows from network. To integrate Drivepacks, I follow these instructions. The cd I'm using is original XP SP2 Corp. I integrate SP3 with nlite, then slipstream DP with DP Base. All packs and driverpack Base are latest versions as of now.
Installation starts ok, 9 archives with driverpacks unpack, and this is where the fun begins:
1) "dspdsblr.exe could not be found" - I unpack dpsfnshr.7z to i386/$oem$/$1 - passed
2) "setup.exe cannot be launched, because Normaliz.dll was not found" - I find normaliz.dll, put it into i386/$oem$/$$ - passed
3) "setup.exe cannot be launched, because iertutil.dll was not found" - I find iertutil.dll from IE7, put it into i386/$oem$/$$ - "iertutil.dll Ordinal 685 could not be located". Search more, take iertutil.dll from IE8, put it into i386/$oem$/$$ - passed
4) now setup.exe launches and windows says there's not enough space on hdd (there's enough, same installer without DP installs just fine)
Greatly appreciate any pointers, except for bashing the head against the wall - already done.
update: here's the DP Base log
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> DriverPacks BASE 10.06 initialized.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Host environment: WIN_VISTA Service Pack 2 X86 on a
X64 CPU.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Created temporary working directory.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Imported proxy settings from Internet Explorer.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Start scanning for DriverPacks for the wnt5_x86-32
platform.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack Chipset 1009!
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack CPU 1005!
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack Graphics A 1009!
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack Graphics B 1009!
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack Graphics C 10091!
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack LAN 1009!
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack Mass Storage 1010!
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack Sound A 1009!
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack Sound B 1009!
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Could not detect any 3rd party DriverPacks for
wnt5_x86-32.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Finished scanning.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Detected settings file
"C:\Programs\DriverPacks\DPs_BASE.ini".
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Windows XP Professional - Retail SP3 detected.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> wnt5_x86-32_disc is the selected installation
platform .
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <INIT> Imported settings from settings file.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <GUI> Initialized GUI.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <GUI> Created a list of all available language files.
2010-11-06 22:40:32 : <GUI> Set the last used language, English, as the GUI
language.
2010-11-06 22:40:55 : <GUI> Refreshed UpdateChecker with success.
2010-11-06 22:41:30 : <GUI> Changed Windows installation files OR export
(depending on the installation platform) location to C:\Programs\win\sp3-dp-2.
2010-11-06 22:41:30 : <GUI> Windows XP Professional - Retail SP3 detected.
2010-11-06 22:41:30 : <GUI> wnt5_x86-32_disc is the selected installation
platform .
2010-11-06 22:42:57 : <GUI> Exported settings to C:\Programs\DriverPacks\win-dp
-2.ini.
2010-11-06 22:43:02 : <GUI> Saved settings!
2010-11-06 22:43:02 : <GUI> Closed GUI.
2010-11-06 22:43:02 : <SEL> Selected module: mod_slip_wxp_x86-32_disc_m2.
2010-11-06 22:43:03 : <PREP> Removed all attributes from \I386.
2010-11-06 22:43:03 : <PREP> No previous DriverPacks installation found, Prep
stage will be skipped
2010-11-06 22:43:08 : <SLIP> Extracted DriverPack MassStorage to a temporary
working directory.
2010-11-06 22:43:08 : <SLIP>
C:\Programs\DriverPacks\tmp\DPMtmp\DriverPack_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32.ini
2010-11-06 22:43:09 : <SLIP> Processing Mass Storage files now. This may take a
minute.
2010-11-06 22:43:24 : <SLIP> Slipstreamed DriverPack MassStorage text mode driver
files.
2010-11-06 22:43:24 : <SLIP> txtsetup.sif Backed-up Successfully
2010-11-06 22:43:24 : <SLIP> dosnet.inf Backed-up Successfully
2010-11-06 22:43:28 : <SLIP> Removed entries from \I386\txtsetup.sif that will be
updated.
2010-11-06 22:43:29 : <SLIP> Removed entries from \I386\dosnet.inf that will be
updated.
2010-11-06 22:43:51 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\dosnet.inf and \I386\txtsetup.sif to
support DP MassStorage text mode drivers.
2010-11-06 22:43:51 : <SLIP> Created necessary directory structure for method 2.
2010-11-06 22:43:51 : <SLIP> Copying files necessary for method 2.
2010-11-06 22:43:56 : <SLIP> Extracted additional files necessary for method 2.
2010-11-06 22:43:56 : <SLIP> expanded setup.ex_ to setuporg.exe
2010-11-06 22:43:56 : <SLIP> SETUP.EX_ Backed-up Successfully
2010-11-06 22:43:56 : <SLIP> Compressed setup.exe to SETUP.EX_.
2010-11-06 22:43:56 : <SLIP> Method 2 setup.ex_ installed
2010-11-06 22:43:56 : <SLIP> Created \I386\presetup.cmd file.
2010-11-06 22:43:56 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\txtsetup.sif to support method 2.
2010-11-06 22:43:56 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\dosnet.inf to support method 2.
2010-11-06 22:43:56 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPack Chipset to \OEM.
2010-11-06 22:43:56 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPack CPU to \OEM.
2010-11-06 22:43:58 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPack Graphics A to \OEM.
2010-11-06 22:44:03 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPack Graphics B to \OEM.
2010-11-06 22:44:06 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPack Graphics C to \OEM.
2010-11-06 22:44:08 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPack LAN to \OEM.
2010-11-06 22:44:08 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPack Mass Storage to \OEM.
2010-11-06 22:44:13 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPack Sound A to \OEM.
2010-11-06 22:44:16 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPack Sound B to \OEM.
2010-11-06 22:44:16 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPacks to \OEM.
2010-11-06 22:44:16 : <SLIP> Will not slipstream patches, Service Pack 3 was
detected.
2010-11-06 22:44:16 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\winnt.sif to support method 2.
2010-11-06 22:44:16 : <SLIP> Updated DPsFnshr.ini to enable KTD for all
DriverPacks.
2010-11-06 22:44:16 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\winnt.sif's GUIRunOnce section.
2010-11-06 22:44:17 : <SLIP> DP_Install_Tool was copied successfully
2010-11-06 22:44:17 : <SLIP> Slipstream finished in 1 minutes and 15 seconds.
2010-11-06 22:44:19 : <CLNP> Temporary working directory successfully deleted.
- = DriverPacks BASE ini settings used = -
[General]
; preferred language
prefLang = "English"
; yes/no, enable or disable the wizard-style buttons, if not specified: yes
wizardButtons = "yes"
; yes/no, enable or disable the GUI, if not specified: yes
GUI = "yes"
[Settings]
; disc/bartpe/multibootDisc
instPlatform = "disc"
; trailing backslash is allowed, but not necessary
location = "C:\Programs\win\sp3-dp-2"
; none/all/select, if select, specify them below, if not specified: all
DriverPacks = "select"
; 1/2, method to install the DriverPacks, if not specified: 2
DPsMethod = "2"
; GUIRunOnce/RunOnceEx/custom, if not specified: GUIRunOnce
finisherMethod = "GUIRunOnce"
; this section is optional!
[OptionalSettings]
; none/all/select/paths/patterns, enable or disable Keep The Drivers (KTD) , if
not specified: none
KTD = "all"
; <path>, to specify a custom KTD cache location, if not specified: default (%
SystemRoot%\DriverPacks)
KTDlocation = "%SystemRoot%\DriverPacks"
; yes/no, enable or disable QuickStream Cache (QSC), if not specified: yes
QSC = "no"
; you should only add this section if you've set [Settings]\DriverPacks to
"select"
[SelectDriverPacks]
DP_Chipset = "yes"
DP_CPU = "yes"
DP_Graphics_A = "yes"
DP_Graphics_B = "yes"
DP_Graphics_C = "yes"
DP_LAN = "yes"
DP_MassStorage = "yes"
DP_Sound_A = "yes"
DP_Sound_B = "yes"
DP_MassStorage_textmode = "yes"
; this section is optional!
[OptionalSettingsOther]
; CCC/CCP/None, use ATI Catalyst Control Center or ATI Catalyst Control Panel
(only relevant when slipstreaming Graphics DriverPack)
; 1/2/3/None, use Nvidia Control Panel - 1 = Old, 2 = New, 3 = Both, None
ATI_cpl = "CCP"
Nvidia_cpl = "None"
2010-11-06 22:44:19 : <CLNP> Create a DPs_Base.log backup @
C:\Programs\DriverPacks\LogFiles\DPs_BASE_10-11-06_22-44.log
2010-11-06 22:44:19 : <CLNP> Program terminated.