1 Reply by adrianjball

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

A 'critical error' sounds like a good option. Helpfull error messages mean a lot to developers as well as users!

I tried batch file wrappers way back in the dim dark ages.  Found that when you set comspec it sets in in the local shell environment only, not the master environment. If the CAD app then spawns another shell, it inherits from the master environment - where comspec is still as it was. This may have been peculiar to the app. Being a DOS app it would be expecting only ONE environment! So I really had no choice but to set it in the master environment.

However, recently DOSBox has been able to run my apps without issue, so I'm thinking I can put comspec back to 'standard' and leave it that way. I have had it set to command.com for so long now that I had completely forgotten that this computer was non-standard in that regard. I only picked it up during a compare with the computer that slipstreamed first time!

Cheers..

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2 Reply by adrianjball

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Well, I solved the problem this morning. I run with Comspec set to command.com, for compatibility reasons with various old CAD programs I need to run. I changed it back to cmd.exe and now the slipstreaming completes without error.

So I'm guessing that the slipstreaming process must launch a command shell to run un7zip, and command.com didn't like the parameters passed to it. Not that I know how the DPsBase app is put together, but it might be better to force a call to cmd.exe rather than relying on Comspec to contain the right thing!

Thanks for looking at my problem. I hope this resolution helps someone else too!

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3 Reply by adrianjball

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Yes, I'm only wanting to include the Mass Storage and Chipset packs.

MD5 sums on both packs are correct, and both packs extract just fine if I do the un7zip manually.  Unfortunately the manual unzipping doesn't solve the problem as the temp folder gets cleared at the start of the slipstreaming process.

I get the same error with QSC disabled and the folder deleted. Note that the QSC folder was empty.

I got around the problem by doing exactly the same process on a different computer, and it all worked fine. I would still like to know why it doesn't work on my main computer though! Are there any pre-requisites for the system, or does DPsBase contain everything it needs?

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4 Topic by adrianjball

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Original Title: Error: No settings file found for DriverPack

I'm having a problem with slipstreaming. It doesn't seem like 7zip is actually extracting the driver packs. Log is:

2009-02-22 11:02:05 : <INIT> DriverPacks BASE 8.12.4 initialized.
2009-02-22 11:02:05 : <INIT> Host environment: WIN_XP Service Pack 3 on X86 CPU.
2009-02-22 11:02:05 : <INIT> Created temporary working directory.
2009-02-22 11:02:05 : <INIT> Imported proxy settings from Internet Explorer.
2009-02-22 11:02:05 : <INIT> Start scanning for DriverPacks for the wnt5_x86-32 platform.
2009-02-22 11:02:05 : <INIT>     Detected DriverPack Chipset 902!
2009-02-22 11:02:05 : <INIT>     Detected DriverPack MassStorage 901!
2009-02-22 11:02:05 : <INIT>     Could not detect any 3rd party DriverPacks for wnt5_x86-32.
2009-02-22 11:02:05 : <INIT>     Finished scanning.
2009-02-22 11:02:05 : <INIT> Detected settings file "C:\DPsBase\DPs_BASE.ini".
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> Windows XP Home Edition -  OEM SP3 detected.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> [Settings]\DPsMethod not specified: default (2) was set.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> [Settings]\finisherMethod not specified: default (GUIRunOnce) was set.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> [OptionalSettings]\KTD not specified: default (none) was set.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> [OptionalSettings]\QSC not specified: default (yes) was set.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> [OptionalSettingsOther]\ATI_cpl not specified: default (None) was set.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> [OptionalSettingsOther]\Nvidia_cpl not specified: default (None) was set.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> wnt5_x86-32_disc is the selected installation platform .
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> Imported settings from settings file.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> [OptionalSettingsOther]\ATI_cpl not specified: default (None) was set.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <INIT> [OptionalSettingsOther]\Nvidia_cpl not specified: default (None) was set.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <GUI>  Initialized GUI.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <GUI>  Created a list of all available language files.
2009-02-22 11:02:06 : <GUI>  Set the last used language, English, as the GUI language.
2009-02-22 11:02:12 : <GUI>  Saved settings!
2009-02-22 11:02:12 : <GUI>  Closed GUI.
2009-02-22 11:02:12 : <SEL>  Selected module: mod_slip_wxp_x86-32_disc_m2.
2009-02-22 11:02:12 : <PREP> Removed all attributes from \I386.
2009-02-22 11:02:12 : <PREP> No previous DriverPacks installation found, Prep stage will be skipped
2009-02-22 11:02:12 : <SLIP> Extracted DriverPack MassStorage to a temporary working directory.
2009-02-22 11:02:12 : <CRIT> No settings file found for DriverPack MassStorage: the file "C:\DPsBase\tmp\DPMtmp\DriverPack_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32.ini" could not be found!
2009-02-22 11:02:55 : <CLNP> Temporary working directory successfully deleted.

INI file is:

[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    = "F:\XPCDwDRIVERS"
; 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    = "yes"
DP_MassStorage    = "yes"
DP_MassStorage_textmode = "yes"

I have verified that the driver packs are complete, by manually unzipping them. The 'missing' file is there. 7z.exe and un7zip.exe are in the /bin folder, and both seem to run as I would expect, when launched manually.  At the time the error comes up, there is a 'tmp' folder created, which then gets deleted when I OK the error. But there is no DPMtmp subfolder in it.  I have tried manually creating these temp folders, and un7zipping the driver packs into the appropriate place, but these all get deleted again at the start of the slipstreaming process. I have un-installed and re-installed several times (the above log is the first run after a clean install), but nothing seems to get it to unzip the files. There is about 25Gb of free space on my C: drive. I am logged on as administrator, under WinXP Home SP3.

Any suggestions?

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