• soygul
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Topic: A way to get over the 4096 character limit in the winnt.sif

Is it possible to overcome the 4096 character limit in winnt.sif file via combining all the drivers to main directories like "drivers\audio;drivers\chipset;drivers\misc\wireless;drivers\modem;drivers\network;drivers\RAID;drivers\touchpad;drivers\video" from directories like C\A\1....

Will this method break something?? If not, i dont see a reason not to use this method.

  • Jaak
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Re: A way to get over the 4096 character limit in the winnt.sif

Hi
D\C\ has chipsets
D\G\ has graphics (the folders in G merge. The exceptions written for a driver have to match the folder.)
D\L has Lan (this one has been screened recently.)
D\M\ has mass storage
D\S has sound, and folders in there also merge (Sound B is quite BIG.)
D\W has wireless (and is HUGE... it will be screened and "weeded" in a nearby future)

Overflow once suggested a way to shorten the path string further by not using \ in nested folders.
If this is done, the exceptions have to be rewritten as well.

The answer was 42?
Kind regards, Jaak.
  • soygul
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Re: A way to get over the 4096 character limit in the winnt.sif

Allright then this can be done. I'll write a little script to merge all the directories and fix the exceptions & see what happens. I wonder why the base installer is not doing this already...

  • Jaak
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Re: A way to get over the 4096 character limit in the winnt.sif

dont merge mass storage with all the rest.
because base uses that one for txtmode

I think you are gonna have a little suprise problem.

The answer was 42?
Kind regards, Jaak.