Thanks OverFlow. I'll check it out. Logic dictates that if MIcrosoft can do it, so can we. 
I'll join the crusade.
1 2008-05-22 15:41:12
Re: MassStorage OEMSETUP.INF Files (8 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)
2 2008-05-22 13:28:05
Re: MassStorage OEMSETUP.INF Files (8 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)
Thanks for your replies. I've spent the better part of the day trying to build an addon for nlite that will make the same changes in txtsetup.sif and dosnet.inf as well as copy the compressed drivers into the i386 directory. Being new to addons you can imagine I have been struggling and less than successful.
When nlite integrates the driverpacks the build only grows by 600MB. Granted that's compressed into the drivers.cab so I imagine your 1.2GB estimate is accurate. If I use KTD won't this effectively be the same?
My revised process is now:
1) Copy Source which includes my custom winnt.sif
2) Use Nlite to integrate hotfixes, drivers and tweaks
3) Use Driverpacks Base to integrate Textmode Mass Storage Driverpack
4) Create ISO using nlite
My ultimate goal is three fold:
1) Create a universal xp install cd complete with drivers for all hardware
2) Sysprep and ghost a single image that will be able to deploy over multiple Dell desktops from Optiplex GX620s to Optiplex 755s.
3) To do all this without having to do an administrative logon after the initial install. i.e. no runonce or additional programs to run.
Surely there is a way to integrate the drivers for initial setup, keep the drivers for future hardware changes, not break sysprep and not include a fake setup step or grossly huge OemPnpDriversPath.
Can you tell me if I'm heading down the wrong path here? I bow to your experience. Thanks for the help.
P.S. Reading the faq you mentioned...I'll be reading this well into tomorrow. 
Brad
3 2008-05-21 13:03:08
Topic: MassStorage OEMSETUP.INF Files (8 replies, posted in DriverPack Mass Storage)
Hello all. Firstly, thanks for the development of the driverpacks. It's a great idea and I can certainly appreciate the work that goes into maintaining it.
Second, I am using nlite to integrate the driverpacks because I do not want to use either method 1 or method 2. I'd rather have them integrated completely into the OS. I don't much care about the few missing control panels since I'm a minimalist and don't mind installing those by hand. What I need is a way to integrate the textmode versions of all the mass storage drivers. Currently when I build my universal xp install cd I use driverpacks to integrate the massstorage textmode drivers then nlite to integrate the PNP versions as well as the rest of the driverpacks. For nlite to see the drivers as textmode drivers instead of PNP drivers it needs to find the oemsetup.inf files. Is there an easy way to produce those from the current mass storage driverpack? Might I request a seperate driverpack for textmode that includes these so people have the option of using Base or another program like nlite?
Thanks!
Brad