• Registered: 2007-08-21
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Topic: Sysprep: -bmsd and machine.inf

According to Microsoft's Technet, the bmsd switch "Populates a pre-existing [SysprepMassStorage] section with the hardware IDs specified in the Machine.inf, Scsi.inf, Pnpscsi.inf, and Mshdc.inf files, and installs those mass-storage controllers."

Upon further examination of machine.inf, there appears to be no mass storage controllers contained in it. The items in the file seem to be bridges, agp filters , mice , sensors power management controllers, and other misc hardware.

So my question is : After running -bmsd, should all references to drivers in machine .inf be removed?

I am going to try it later on to see if it makes a difference in the sysprep time in my images. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

  • Jaak
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  • Registered: 2006-07-23
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Re: Sysprep: -bmsd and machine.inf

Hi,
what did Scsi.inf, Pnpscsi.inf, and Mshdc.inf files have listed?

The answer was 42?
Kind regards, Jaak.
  • Registered: 2007-08-21
  • Posts: 102

Re: Sysprep: -bmsd and machine.inf

Scsi has non plug and play cards. Pnpscsi has Plug and play scsi cards. Mshdc has ide and pcmcia cards.

  • Registered: 2007-08-21
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Re: Sysprep: -bmsd and machine.inf

Well I finished testing the images. Removing the entries had no effect on the time. It appears that it just ignores entries from machine.inf Oh well, back testing other things.