Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

kelaniz wrote:

No problem. Glad to be helpful, even if I did reply to a post from 9 months ago smile

Hey, it's a sticky, so it never gets "old" wink

Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

I highly recommend DriverBackup for driverpack making.
I use it for my custom personal Driverpacks, if you leave the uncompressd driver installers folder somewhere on your C: Drive it will grab everything, I mean EVERYTHING! even the x64 driver files that were not installed on your PC

Here is a Beta of version 2 that does not use .Net 1.1 wink http://www.mytempdir.com/1249856

MSFN Forum Topic: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=83960

Last edited by ricktendo64 (2007-03-11 13:52:50)

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Wow, this looks incredibly easy!

Whats always been missing for me (its a specialist thing I guess) is a pack
with all the drivers that are in XP but not in Server 2003. This includes a LOT
of sound drivers, but other things like scanners and cameras too... with this
tutorial I have made a pack for Server 2003 that has all the files from XP's
DRIVER.CAB that are not in Server 2003, all the INF/INI files in XP that are
not in Server 2003 and all the CAT files... all these files, SYS, INF, INI, CAT,
EXE are all dumped into ONE folder... this folder is called "X" and goes here
like this:

D\3\R\X\[all files]

This folder is 102Mb and has 973 files inside! When it is 7-Zipped
it is only 21Mb. I can live with that... now lets see how it works...

Waaaaaaaaaaa! It didn't work.

OK now I am trying this way...

D\3\XP\[all files]

I hate Server 2003, I actually hate it. sad

Last edited by LeveL (2007-04-06 09:13:48)

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Can't get my "3rd party DriverPack" to work on Server 2003!

Heres what I did:

Made these folders on my desktop:

XP\DRIVER_CAB
2003\DRIVER_CAB

XP\INI_CAT_INF_SYS
2003\INI_CAT_INF_SYS

1 - Extracted the Server 2003 "DRIVER.CAB" into "2003\DRIVER_CAB\"

2 - Extracted the XP "DRIVER.CAB" into "XP\DRIVER_CAB\"

3 - Searched XP/I386 for ".cat + .inf + .sys + ca_ + .in_ + .sy_" files.

4 - Extracted the cabbed files and copied the normal (uncabbed files) to: XP\INI_CAT_INF_SYS

5 - Did the same as #4 but for "2003"

6 - Copied the files from XP into the folders for Server 2003, saying "no" too overwriting,
to catch all the files that are in XP but not in Server 2003.

So, I have all the INF, CAT, SYS files that are in XP but not in Server 2003 > all in one folder...

D\3\XP\[All Files]

I make the 7-Zipped archive on "Ultra" compression, with dictionary size of 256.

I make my ISO.

I install my ISO and I can see indeed, there are 11 driverpacks! So my custom pack
is indeed extracting to the systemdrive.

sad When Windows has installed, the sound driver is not installed in VMware. Also, this
has STOPPED the network connectivity (internet) as well!

All I need to know is - is there something wrong with my folder structure?

I tried:

D\3\XP\[All Files] and also D\3\R\XP\[All Files] and nither one works.

Whats funny is on a standard install, without driverpacks, the ethernet in VMware,
with Server 2003, does work. Sound drivers never work, unless I use Method 1
and put the sound drvers in "$1\D\XPD" but forget that, my path is over 6000
characters doing it that way!

I guess I could leave out all the graphics drivers and WLAN... then maybe my path
for "OemPnPDriversPath" will be OK and I can add the XP drivers that way, I have
already tried it that way and I know it works.

Wish I could work this out, I have been trying for 2 days, ever since DriverPacks v7.04

OK heres a few things: I know for definite this is not failing because of Server 2003,
I know this because the old "OemPnPDriversPath" way of installing the sound drivers
does work, as long as the path starts with "D\XPD;" even if its well under the 4096 limit
it doesn't matter, if the XPD folder is specified at the END of that path it doesn't work, if
its specified at the beginning, it does work.

I am only talking about VMware, as a test case, because in XP the sound driver does install
in VMware, in Server 2003 it does not install the sound driver, I mean on standard installs
without driverpacks.

Heres a question then: Is there any way of installing drivers silently like this but AFTER the installation?
A way of making Windows do what it does during setup when it uses OemPnPDriversPath from WINNT.SIF
but after DpsFnshr.exe has done its work?

Its just so frustrating to know it should be working and isn't.

Sorry Bashrat, I never even keep my log file... I will make an ISO that does not remove
the log file and see....

Last edited by LeveL (2007-04-08 16:10:10)

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Bâshrat the Sneaky wrote:

Introduction
  *Word size: ''256'' by default. Changing this value does not have any noticable effect on the size of the compressed file.

I would just like to point out that I was having trouble with base integrating some modified packs and I realized that I used a different value for word size. It seems base will only allow integration of packs with a word size of 256. So I now routinely check to make sure this is the case.

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OK heres something - I am making a few x64 driverpacks, not to slipstream, just so I have the drivers.

I have found that theres a lot of CHM files.

I searched the INF file for "SourceDisksFiles" and theres no reference to "SourceDisksFiles" there.

Also, all these CHM files are listed in the INF file and they are even referenced in their own heading, example:

[nvcpl.chm]
file=thiscab
FileVersion=0,0,0,0

[nvCpl.cpl]
file=thiscab
FileVersion=1,4,13,8

[nvcplARA.chm]
file=thiscab
FileVersion=0,0,0,0

[nvcplCHS.chm]
file=thiscab
FileVersion=0,0,0,0

Can I just remove all the references to the CHM files and delete the CHM files?

Reason is they don't compress very well and... why would you ever need a few dozen language files not even in your language?

Safe to remove CHM files? So long as the references are also removed from the INF?

Last edited by LeveL (2008-01-06 00:13:22)

Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

nothing is absolute in the drivers business...

probably is the best answer... try it and report back on the results...

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Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

Hey folks

I*ve done like it has been written. But my drivers pack is not shown in the base. So the checkbox is grayed out! Has there to be an inf-file ? somewhere?

Thx Binog

Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

what is the name of your pack ?
what folder is it in ?
what is the folder structure of your pack?
what drivers are contained?

toss us a bone here we are not mind readers wink

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ohh ,. yeah.--- i'm sorry,..

DP_myPack_15001008.7z
C:\driverpacks_new\3rd party DriverPacks\
tried in C:\driverpacks_new\DriverPacks\ as well


+ D
|--+ 3
    |--+ #tused
        |--+ 1394-Networkadapter
        |--+ AMD K7-Prozessor
        |--+ AMD K8 Processor
        |--+ AVM FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick v1.1
        |--+ Bluetooth-Gerät (PAN)
        |--+ Bluetooth-Gerät (RFCOMM-Protokoll-TDI)
        |--+ Bluetooth-HID-Gerät
        |--+ Broadcom 802.11a b g WLAN
        |--+ Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
        |--+ Standardmäßgige Seriell-2-Bluetooth
        |--+ Standardmäßgige Seriell-2-Bluetooth#1
        |--+ WINMM-WDM-Audiokompatibilität
        |--+ Virtual Machine Network Services Driver
        |--+ VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
        |--+ VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
    |--+ 750_USB_Drivers
    |--+ 5663
    |--+ 7012
    |--+ AGP
    |--+ ak
        |--+ 3C905B-TX
        |--+ 3C940
        |--+ EPSON Stylus CX3600
        |--+ EPSON Stylus CX3600 Series
        |--+ Hauppauge WinTV 878 9 WDM Aux Driver
        |--+ Hauppauge WinTV 878 9 WDM Video Driver
        |--+ Live! Cam Optia #4
        |--+ VIA Bus Master IDE Controller - 0571
        |--+ VIA CPU to AGP2.0 AGP3.0 Controller
        |--+ VIA SATA RAID Controller
        |--+ VIA Standard Host Bridge
        |--+ VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge
    |--+ BusMaster
    |--+ CMedia
    |--+ DC2975
    |--+ dvb
    |--+ oem0_viapdsk_0
    |--+ oem2_viamraid_0
    |--+ oem5_el90xBC5_0
    |--+ oem6_EL2K_XP_0
    |--+ th7
        |--+ CHIPSET
            |--+ ATI AMD
                |--+ AMDAway_MB
                |--+ AMD_CPU_1.3.2.0053
                |--+ AVS_T200
                |--+ GARTnt
                |--+ IDE Bus Master Controller
                |--+ RIO
                |--+ SBDrv_IDEATA133
                |--+ SBDrv_RAID
                |--+ Silicon_SATA_SI3112r
                |--+ SMBUS
            |--+ nForce_11.16_Remix_thx-XP
                |--+ AudioDrv
                |--+ Ethernet  9.35
                |--+ Gart
                |--+ IDE
                    |--+ legacy
                    |--+ sata_ide
                    |--+ sataraid
                |--+ MemCTL
                |--+ SMBus
                |--+ SMU
            |--+ O2Micro PCMCIA
            |--+ SATA
                |--+ Intel 7.6.0.1011 Matrix Storage
                |--+ Intel Chipsatztreiber 8.2.0.1214
                |--+ Promise FastTrak 376
                |--+ SATA2JMicron
                |--+ Silicon_SATA_si3132
                |--+ Silicon_SATA_SI3132r5
                |--+ ULi_SATA
            |--+ SIS
                |--+ agp121
                |--+ R204a_IDE
                |--+ RAID411a
                    |--+ 964_181
                    |--+ 965_965L
                    |--+ 966_1182
                    |--+ 966_1184
                    |--+ 968_1184
                    |--+ 964_180
                |--+ sgl202
                |--+ sl119
            |--+ via_hyperionpro_v513a
                |--+ MiniIDE
                |--+ SATAIDE
                |--+ viaagp
                |--+ viamach
                |--+ VRAIDDrv
            |--+ Winbond Fast Infrared
        |--+ GRAFIC
            |--+ 163.75_Forceware_whql
            |--+ Intel Grafiktreiber 14.31.1.4864
                |--+ Graphics
                |--+ HDMI
            |--+ KYRO 22.0033b
            |--+ StarStorm 53.03
            |--+ Tevion TV MD9717
            |--+ thx Omega 6.6.2
            |--+ thx Omega  7.10b AGP
        |--+ NET
            |--+ Accton WLAN
            |--+ ASUSTeK_Broadcom 440x
            |--+ Broadcom_4401
            |--+ Conexant 56K Internal  Modem
            |--+ Conexant HCF V.92 56K
            |--+ Creatix V.9X DSP Data Fax Modem
            |--+ FRITZ!Card  03.11.07
            |--+ FRITZ!Card Classic  03.09.10
            |--+ MicroLink 56k Fun USB
            |--+ Realtek_G-LAN 8139+8169
            |--+ RealtekRTL_8136+8168
            |--+ Smart Link SoftModem
            |--+ VIA Velocity
            |--+ Wireless_Ralink RT2500
            |--+ Yukon 10.14.6.3
        |--+ SOUND
            |--+ C-Media UDA046_build02
            |--+ C-Media-hda
            |--+ VIA HD Audio Codec 4.0a
            |--+ VIA Vinyl Audio 7.00b
            |--+ WDM_3663_SoundMax
            |--+ WDM_A403 Realtek Audio
            |--+ WDM_R180 Realtek Audio HD
    |--+ via8237

those above ;-)
(I think txtmode aswell as pnp)

Does that help? I mean: It's not a "Can't install"-thing. my archive is just not shown in base-app. its grayed out !

Thx in advance !

Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

Hi
Bâshrat the Sneaky gave this example
DP_myDriverPacksNameWithoutSpaces_wnt5_x86-32_YY.MM.DD.subversion.7z

You are missing an important part.. ( _wnt5_x86-32_YY.MM.DD.subversion )

so, make that
DP_myPack15001008_wnt5_x86-32_080225.7z

I notice you are collecting drivers we have in sound, chipset, graphics, WLAN, LAN, CPU and Mass storage DriverPacks to put into this pack of yours..

Now, if you want small size, then you could just as well learn how to edit the DriverPacks INI files and prune unwanted folders.

The answer was 42?
Kind regards, Jaak.

Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

Thank You very much

This renaming made it !

Thx dude!

Well, the dups I know, just want to make shure I have mine onboard. I don't use all of the official packs!

Thx again !

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remember that mass storage text mode support will not be available for drivers in a third party pack

Only the official mass storage pack is used for that

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Hi
I will repeat this tip.
if you want small size, then you could just as well learn how to edit the DriverPacks INI files and prune unwanted folders.

The advantage of this approach is that the INI will handle the exceptions you left in.
(prune means selective deletion of unwanted folders.. When there is a corresponding section in the INI file packed alongside of the drivers and you remove a folder which got referenced in the INI, then you edit that INI and remove the corresponding section.)

What is what?
The overview page has links to supported DEVICES, which is fairly accurate. smile
http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/overview.php

Last edited by Jaak (2008-02-29 13:40:00)

The answer was 42?
Kind regards, Jaak.

Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

For those with Mozilla Firefox, if you use the DownloadThemAll! extension it allows you to enter an MD5 hash at the time of download.

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Bâshrat the Sneaky wrote:

Indeed the best way there is smile

The reason why I'm making it MANDATORY is simple: since everyone can access the ftp, anyone could replace the original files by ones that include malware (or even just hack .inf files to set a certain homepage, for example). Therefore it's very important that these are included.

Yup sound advice here just downloaded the little app for this reason since im hoping to make my own packs which will be rather large.

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OverFlow wrote:

remember that mass storage text mode support will not be available for drivers in a third party pack

Only the official mass storage pack is used for that

Awww i have found other drivers for the text mode part of the install that i wanted to slipstream in.

Thanks for the info tho!!

Stoner

Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

When I place massstorage drivers (textmode) in the 3rd driver pack will these also be slipstreamed in the textmode part like the standard masstorage driver packs?

Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

no...

as stated above... text mode drivers will not be added from a 3rd party DriverPack

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Hi folks!

im new to this, and i just wanted to create my own driver pack.
my file is called: DP_IntelDriverDell360_wnt5_x86-32_08.11.27.7z

i need this driver on a floppy disk to include the driver for my BartPE.
Problem is: I cant boot my BartPE with the Dell OptiPlex 360
This new PC from Dell got an AHCI Option in the BIOS set, and iam not able to change this option to ATA, coz Dell made it to standard (i guess).
My BSOD is 7B, may someone knows that problem, i tried to solve this directly in BartPE with including necessary SATA Drivers, with no success.
Well now my last option is to include those missing drivers with an floppy disk using F6.

I hope you guys can help me :-/

Rgrds
Sebastian

Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

please see the bartpe tutorial in my signature

follow the directions - problem solved...

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Well, i allready did this before... and it wasnt working with your driver packs...
Thats why i have to include them via floppy disk...
The Driver Package folder is allready in my plugin folder.
FYI: im running BartPE on a USB-Stick, can there be a problem?
Its running on all Dell Notebooks and PCs instead of the OptiPlex 360.
But on the other devices i can disable that AHCI Option in the BIOS.

Any other solution?

rgrds
sebastian

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raid hwid's tool in my signature...

start a new post in mass storage or bartpe forum

this is not appropriate here (read above)

use read before you post in my signature to get you started with good details

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hi, just a comment about the way you wrote that name.
DP_IntelDriverDell360_wnt5_x86-32_08.11.27.7z
It has too many dots.

DP_myNONtxtModeDriver_wnt5_x86-32_081127.7z

The answer was 42?
Kind regards, Jaak.

Re: 3rd Party DriverPacks - TUTORIAL

Hi, Thanks for your explantion all about that.But I am still looking about 1 file "root directory for 3rd party" under D folder (same line of "3"folder).Where and how can make that?
Thanks again for your respondes