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Hi All,

I’ve been using driverpacks for sometime now on single source boot disks, e.g. XP Pro.
All works sweet and I’ve been using multiboot disks now so I can switch between ‘original disks’ and unattended disks. However, the real value comes when integrating Bashrats’s driver disks…..

I’m struggling to finalise a multiboot disk with driverpacks, so I’ve documented what I have done on the basis it should be clear where the error is – and that other people can use the reference as a guide.

The error I get is :-

An error has occurred that prevents setup from continuing.
One of the components that windows needs to continue setup could not be installed.
Manifest parse error : An invalid character was found in text content.
Error:
SXS.DLL System error in manifest policy file ….\i386\asms\1\default\default.man
Manifest parse error

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Guide
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1.    Set up a multiboot disk using flyakite’s guide shown here - http://flyakite.msfn.org/
2.    This will enable you to create multiple sources of XP, 98 etc on the same boot disk – and integrate patches/hot fixes etc.
3.    Once you have a fully operational multiboot disk, go to the version that you want to have driverpacks installed too.
4.    Run DPBase and select disc mode.
5.    Travserse to the required source directory and apply one of the driverpacks, but don’t start the slipstream process. E.g. C:\aiodvd\setup\xp\pro
6.    Export the settings, e.g. a.ini, for the first driverpack and repeat this process for subsequent driver packs, i.e. b.ini, c.ini etc.
7.    Restart DPBase and select multiboot, with c:\aiodvd as the directory.
8.    Click through the program and load up all the configuration (i.e. .ini files) created previously, and then begin the slipstream.
9.    The process will create an OEM directory in the root source, i.e. c:\AIODVD\OEM.
10.    Copy the TXTSETUP.INF file from C:\aiodvd\setup\xp\pro\i386 to the c:\AIODVD\pro4 directory, and edit the setupsourcepath to point to C:\aiodvd\setup\xp\pro (you would have had to do this when creating the multiboot disk solution with flyakites’ process).

k.ini example
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[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:\AIO-DVD\SETUP\XP\XPP-DPACK"
; 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        = "yes"

; you should only add this section if you've set [Settings]\DriverPacks to "select"
[SelectDriverPacks]
DP_Chipset    = "no"
DP_CPU        = "no"
DP_Graphics_A    = "no"
DP_Graphics_B    = "no"
DP_Graphics_C    = "no"
DP_LAN        = "no"
DP_MassStorage    = "no"
DP_Sound_A    = "no"
DP_Sound_B    = "no"
DP_WLAN        = "no"
DP_MassStorage_textmode = "yes"