OverFlow wrote:are you sure the exe is getting called?
Well, no, I'm not. I don't know if msiexec is available to the operating system at that point during install... and I don't know if setup.exe just calls msiexec, and subsequently fails.
OverFlow wrote:did you try it without the command line switches? IE "%DPSROOT%\D\3\BT\setup.exe" to see if it launched in attended mode?
lol good idea. Noob moment, I suppose. I've got a build going with that right now, and I'll see what happens.
OverFlow wrote:did you try running "c:\D\3\BT\setup.exe" /S /v/qn from a command line?
did you try "%DPSROOT%\D\3\BT\setup.exe" /S /v/qn from the finisher?
or """%DPSROOT%\D\3\BT\setup.exe"" /S /v/qn" ?
or ""%DPSROOT%\D\3\BT\setup.exe" /S /v/qn" ?
or """%DPSROOT%\D\3\BT\setup.exe"" /S /v/qn" ?
Er.. Yes, first one does work (and installs the software).
2nd one (from the finisher) fails - and maybe I am in the wrong place to test, because %DPSROOT% isn't set when I am finally at a point where I can use a command line.
OverFlow wrote:you can run the finisher over and over - simply use the directions for a SAD disk and only put your BT 3rd party DriverPack in the OEM folder instead of all the packs
IE copy your OEM folder to the Local HDD (creating C:\OEM\) delete the main packs... except your BT Pack
and run the DP_Install_Tool.cmd as many times as neccessary till you got it workin
how about that for a shortcut to test the finisher ?
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Fantastic I didn't know. I keep going back to this post because, so far, its the best page for consolidated information on the finisher. You guys need a wiki or something...
OverFlow wrote:i also am not sure that /v/qn is a valid switch for a normal msi installer.
It's not, but that's how Setup.exe wants to see it...
7yler - Thanks! I will gladly try it out, but I have my doubts - this is a Dell laptop... my experience with Dell so far is that they tend to "brand" their stuff somehow so you need to use their device drivers. A bit of a pain, but thanks to the flexibility of AutoImage and DriverPacks, its eeeeaaaasyyyy. I will certainly give the pack a shot. And I completely agree with you on the simplifying work - I'm in a shop with AMD, Intels from PIII to Core 2 Duo's and all the peripherals in between.. and boy does deploying a machine go nice n easy and hardly any issues. Its just these silly laptops that have their custom stuff on them!