1 Reply by calpha

(3 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)

Well, I just ran a test on the XPS 710.

I had ALL driver packs sans CPU driver pack integrated via Method 2.

Test 1:
#1.  (Start w/ OEM XP Pro)
#2.  RVMIntegrate PostSP2 only.  No ohter addons.
#3.  Run Driver Packs on RVM integrated source ---- applying all latest driver packs minus the CPU Pack via Method 2.
No 3rd party packs.

Result:
Stop Error 07B during text setup.


Test 2:
#1. Start w/ OEM XP Pro
#2. RVMIntegrate Post SP2 only.  No other addons
#3. Run Driver Pack Mass Storage only via Method 1.  No other driver packs selected.
***Selecting all driver packs via method 1 results in the warning about too long of a OemPnpDriversPath
#4.  Succeeded at the point test 1 failed (text setup: Starting windows)

I didn't go any further.

One thing I screwed up on is I don't have my integrated folders from Test #1, but I should be able to recreate them.

My question at this point:

Can I integrate the other driverpacks in my test 2 setup via method 2? (leaving out Mass Storage)?


PS.  The OEM disc I used was from about a year ago --- XPS had a Dell REstore CD only---not an OEM XP Disc.

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2 Topic by calpha

(3 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)

What am I trying to do?
Enable the Mass Storage drivers for Mode 1 so that XP Setup detects them.

Use the rest of the driver packs in Method 2.
I initially tried to apply all drivers like an idiot to mode 1 & obviously that didn't work.

So......

Is the best recommended way to do this to run the DPacks Base twice?
Once integrating the Mass Storage in method 1

and 2nd applying the rest of the driver packs SANS mass storage in mode 2?

I'm not at home to try this today -----

FYI, I've been using the Dpacks for about a year now w/o problems.  However, recently, I've had to work on some Dell XPS's and the SATA drivers (NVRaid.sys) apparently aren't on the mobo like my PE420 is. 

Right now I'm getting the stop error 07B (which I would have though would have been the INVALID_BOOT_DEVICE) but it's not.

So, currently, my only thoughts are to try method 1 for mass storage and see if that fixes the issues with these damn XPS boxes.

Obviously, I'm open to any and all suggestions..........

TIA for any replies,
calpha

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