I know that there's newer versions of PE out there, but BartPE just runs so fast on these new machines, without all the fluff. sigh. I'll tinker some more, but perhaps it's time to move to a Win 7 based PE. Thanks for the help. Just not ready to give up yet.
1 2015-05-27 14:01:22
Re: Chipset Pack Grayed-Out (5 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
2 2015-05-26 10:30:25
Re: Chipset Pack Grayed-Out (5 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
Thanks for the reply. I understand it's only a repair tool, I'm familiar with BartPE for a few years. It seems updates to BartPE have stopped, so while I am updating the software on the image, I figured I'd update the drivers as well. This is my first attempt using DriverPacks.net directly as opposed to pre-loaded.
I'm curious as to why I can't load chipset drivers, as it may be useful towards troubleshooting hardware issues, or having the drivers on the disk to repair a user's driver issues. Is it that the Base detects a BartPE image and therefore disables it? Or is it not yet fully supported?
Thanks for the info!
3 2015-05-20 11:14:22
Topic: Chipset Pack Grayed-Out (5 replies, posted in Feedback and Support - DriverPacks Base)
Hello! I'm having a problem with not being able to select the driver packs that I want to slipstream into my BartPE image.
I have downloaded the Chipset 12.09, Lan 12.05, Mass Storage 12.09, and WLAN 12.02 packs. I copied them to the "DriverPacks" sub directory (with the Base folder). I did NOT extract them - they are pasted in there exactly as they were downloaded (still as a .7z, didn't even rename the file)
When I launch Base 10.06, the "UpdateChecker for NT5 DriverPacks" detects all 4 driver packs (as well as Base). On the "Select location of platform screen", I browsed to my plugin directory, and chose BartPE from the options.
This is where my problem occurs... when I click on > to go to the next page, the only packs I can select to slipstream are the LAN and WLAN. The check boxes for the Chipset and the Mass Storage are grayed out. However, "DriverPack MassStorage text mode" is active and checked.
I tried re-downlading the Chipset and Mass Storage packs, but I'm still having the same problem. What am I missing? I'm creating the image based on Windows XP SP3, and I'm running Base from Windows XP SP3. Below is the DPs_BASE.log file:
=== Begin DPs_BASE.log ============================================================
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> DriverPacks BASE 10.06 initialized.
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Host environment: WIN_XP Service Pack 3 X86 on a X64 CPU.
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Created temporary working directory.
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Imported proxy settings from Internet Explorer.
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Start scanning for DriverPacks for the wnt5_x86-32 platform.
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack Chipset 1209!
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack LAN 1205!
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack Mass Storage 1209!
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Detected DriverPack WLAN 1202!
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Could not detect any 3rd party DriverPacks for wnt5_x86-32.
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Finished scanning.
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Detected settings file "C:\Documents and Settings\Jason M. Bull\Desktop\Base\DPs_BASE.ini".
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> wnt5_x86-32_bartpe is the selected installation platform .
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> Imported settings from settings file.
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <INIT> [OptionalSettings]\QSC BartPE default (no) was set.
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <GUI> Initialized GUI.
2015-05-19 19:33:09 : <GUI> Created a list of all available language files.
2015-05-19 19:33:10 : <GUI> Set the last used language, English, as the GUI language.
2015-05-19 19:33:13 : <GUI> Refreshed UpdateChecker with success.
2015-05-19 19:41:57 : <GUI> Closed GUI.
2015-05-19 19:41:57 : <GUI> Saved settings!
2015-05-19 19:41:57 : <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 = "bartpe"
; trailing backslash is allowed, but not necessary
location = "C:\pebuilder3110a\plugin"
; 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 = ""
; GUIRunOnce/RunOnceEx/custom, if not specified: GUIRunOnce
finisherMethod = ""
; this section is optional!
[OptionalSettings]
; none/all/select/paths/patterns, enable or disable Keep The Drivers (KTD) , if not specified: none
KTD = ""
; <path>, to specify a custom KTD cache location, if not specified: default (%SystemRoot%\DriverPacks)
KTDlocation = ""
; 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 = "no"
DP_LAN = "yes"
DP_MassStorage = "no"
DP_WLAN = "yes"
DP_MassStorage_textmode = "yes"
2015-05-19 19:41:57 : <CLNP> Create a DPs_Base.log backup @ C:\Documents and Settings\Jason M. Bull\Desktop\Base\LogFiles\DPs_BASE_15-05-19_19-41.log
2015-05-19 19:41:57 : <CLNP> Program terminated.
=== End File ====================================================================
edit: I went ahead and let it create the plugins, and it only created directories for BASE, LAN, MassStorage, and WLAN (no Chipset). No option in the plugins list for PEBuilder either (yes, I refreshed it)