1 Reply by SmithsonGA

(21 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)

thanks for the help.  I really appreciate it.

I will try the INI changes above.

Two questions tho

In my INI file, instead of setdrivecount it says ms_count.  I assume same thing?

Also, the top of the INI file, it says drivercount=98.  Is this reference or do I lower that # if I change some ms_counts from 1 to 0?

FYI, the INI file had a driver count of 98 but all the ms_counts added up to 99.  I am going to change both the JMicro and Intel drivers to 0 and make the drivercount 97.

Lastly, I assume that I use the F6 with my Intel SATA floppy drivers when using this new INI file?

thx

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2 Reply by SmithsonGA

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My entire house is all Dell systems.

I have two desktops.  I am using my XP Home reinstall Dell OEM CD from a Dimension 8200 system.  I have XP MCE on my Dimension 8400 system which is the one with the issues.

I am continuing to look for the Dell XP MCE reinstall OEM CD that came with the Dimension 8400 system but really doubt it will magically solve this iastor issue.

It is really frustrating as this only just started one morning on boot up...and appears to be caused by Daemon Tools, which is very annoying.

Other ideas?  Why would the XP SP2 CDs cause the USB corrupt issues?  Should I remove all USB devices and get out some old ps/2 mouse/keyboard to use?

thx

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3 Reply by SmithsonGA

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Ok, no, I have not changed the BIOS settings.  However, this XP disc I am using is XP Home from a different computer.  I can not find my original (as I have never used) XP MCE discs for this computer in question.  I assumed it would not matter as I am just trying to get disc access and not install any windows components onto it etc.

Either way, I dont believe the XP CDs come with  SATA drivers regardless.

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4 Reply by SmithsonGA

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Ok, I used my original OEM Dell XP CD...NO service pack upgrades...just the older mass storage above and the up to date (not test) chipset. 

It stopped stating it could not load /$OEM$/IaStor.sys.  Error code 18.

SO, I did get a floppy installed in this machine and used the latest INtel SATA driver from Dell (based on my system requirements etc.) and it found the driver on the floppy.  I got to the menu where I chose "R"ecovery console...it immediately goes to the same error as the title of this thread, again.

SO...I think I am getting to the same problem through two means...either the SATA driver on the floppy or slipstreamed into my CD...

HELP!!!!!!!

thx
Jim

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5 Reply by SmithsonGA

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well, I did the above and ended up with the same error as in the title 'examining etc...' but instead of 'on iastor...' ir said 'on unknown...'

I am going to try to get a floppy drive into this computer tonite.  this is driving me crazy.

Can anyone point me to a boot CD that will support SATA so I can get access to my hard drive?!?!

just crazy

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6 Reply by SmithsonGA

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I did a clean copy of my Windows XP Home CD (Dell reinstall CD), slipstreamed SP2 with nLite, then used driverbase with storagetest1 and chiptest1.

I get the same error as ANY CD I have tried that is upgraded to SP2, and that is a usbehci.sys corrupt...this occurs during the drivers loading.

Again, I am only trying to get to a command prompt that be able to recognize my C: drive so I can repair the boot and fix the issue I have.........!!

SO, I am going to try the storagetest3 I see here and chiptest1 with a clean Windows XP CD without the SP2 upgrade...that is the only time I actually got past all the drivers and then the iastor error.

If this fails...I may just pull my computer and install a floppy that I have in another machine and utilize the F6 option to use the SATA drivers on the floppy.  SO stupid you have to use a floppy to do that and not a USB stick or something.

More later.

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7 Reply by SmithsonGA

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I am now slipstreaming this CD to SP2 and got a USB driver corrupt error.  I am going to try to update this completely and reburn another CD again.

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8 Topic by SmithsonGA

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Team

I created a new Windows XP setup CD (it is a Dell Windows XP Home re-install disc) as I needed SATA support.

Here is my INI file:
[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:\UWXPCD"
; 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        = "false"
; <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_MassStorage    = "yes"
DP_MassStorage_textmode = "yes"


; this section is optional!
[OptionalSettingsOther]
; CCC/CCP, use ATI Catalyst Control Center or ATI Catalyst Control Panel (only relevant when slipstreaming DriverPack Graphics A)
ATI_cpl        = "CCC"

Here is Log file
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT> DriverPacks BASE 7.05.2 initialized.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT> Host environment: WIN_XP Service Pack 2 on X86 CPU.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT> Created temporary working directory.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT> Imported proxy settings from Internet Explorer.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT> Start scanning for DriverPacks for the wnt5_x86-32 platform.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT>     Detected DriverPack MassStorage 7.05!
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT>     Could not detect any 3rd party DriverPacks.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT>     Finished scanning.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT> Detected settings file "C:\DriverpackBase\DPs_BASE.ini".
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT> Windows XP Home Edition -  OEM  detected.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT> The platform wnt5_x86-32_disc will be used (which is the 'disc' installation platform for the OS family 'wnt5_x86-32').
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <INIT> Imported settings from settings file.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <GUI>  Initialized GUI.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <GUI>  Created a list of all available language files.
2007-06-07 16:00:46 : <GUI>  Set the last used language, English, as the GUI language.
2007-06-07 16:04:08 : <GUI>  Refreshed UpdateChecker with success.
2007-06-07 16:04:12 : <GUI>  Saved settings!
2007-06-07 16:04:12 : <GUI>  Closed GUI.
2007-06-07 16:04:12 : <SEL>  Selected module: mod_slip_wxp_x86-32_disc_m2.
2007-06-07 16:04:42 : <PREP> Extracted DriverPack MassStorage to a temporary working directory.
2007-06-07 16:04:56 : <PREP> Removed all attributes from \I386.
2007-06-07 16:04:57 : <PREP> Deleted old method 2 related files.
2007-06-07 16:04:57 : <PREP> Deleted old DriverPack MassStorage text mode drivers.
2007-06-07 16:04:57 : <PREP> Restored \I386\winnt.sif.
2007-06-07 16:04:57 : <PREP> Restored \I386\txtsetup.sif.
2007-06-07 16:04:57 : <PREP> Restored \I386\dosnet.inf.
2007-06-07 16:04:58 : <PREP> Restored original setup: method 2 was used previously.
2007-06-07 16:04:59 : <PREP> Cleaned up \$OEM$\cmdlines.txt.
2007-06-07 16:04:59 : <SLIP> Created necessary directory structure for method 2.
2007-06-07 16:05:01 : <SLIP> Copied files necessary for method 2.
2007-06-07 16:05:01 : <SLIP> Extracted files necessary for method 2.
2007-06-07 16:05:02 : <SLIP> Deleted old presetup.cmd file from \I386.
2007-06-07 16:05:02 : <SLIP> Created \I386\presetup.cmd file.
2007-06-07 16:05:02 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\txtsetup.sif to support method 2.
2007-06-07 16:05:02 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\dosnet.inf to support method 2.
2007-06-07 16:05:03 : <SLIP> Copied DriverPacks to \OEM.
2007-06-07 16:05:30 : <SLIP> Slipstreamed DriverPack MassStorage text mode driver files.
2007-06-07 16:05:40 : <SLIP> Removed entries from \I386\txtsetup.sif that will be updated.
2007-06-07 16:05:41 : <SLIP> Removed entries from \I386\dosnet.inf that will be updated.
2007-06-07 16:06:44 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\dosnet.inf and \I386\txtsetup.sif to support DP MassStorage text mode drivers.
2007-06-07 16:06:44 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\winnt.sif to support method 2.
2007-06-07 16:06:45 : <SLIP> Updated DPsFnshr.ini to disable KTD.
2007-06-07 16:06:45 : <SLIP> Updated \I386\winnt.sif's GUIRunOnce section.
2007-06-07 16:06:45 : <SLIP> Slipstream finished in 2 minutes and 33 seconds.
2007-06-07 16:06:53 : <CLNP> Temporary working directory successfully deleted.
2007-06-07 16:06:53 : Program terminated.


I boot to the CD and it loads all the drivers...then stops with the statement in the title of this message and just stops.  I have to turn off the computer by holding the power button.

One other point, I initially made the ISO file without the MASS driverpack select by accident...so I re-ran the program (without deleting and recopying the windows CD)

Any help is appreciated as I need to recover this computer and currently cannot get access to my SATA drive to do so from this CD.  thx.

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