Sysprep MassStorage (I Think I Solution Found) (Page 2 of 2)

Yeah, I think I got the idea of why to do it.  Problem is, I've already done all the hard work of making everything work for pretty much everything.  I have put my image on pretty much everything and it always works, regardless of CPU and chipset.  I do NOT use the BMSD option any more either, as it really has very little to do with MassStorage for most of the lines.  Amazingly, the sample Sysprep.inf files from the 2000 version has a lot of valid lines for several basic IDE and SCSI controllers, and then I go ahead and add the Intel, AMD, ALi, VIA, and VMWare drivers to the equation and that pretty much handles 95% of all computers.  Someone had a script (sorry for being lazy, don't feel like digging up where it is just at this moment... the margarita has me drowsy ) that parsed the HWIDs and was supposed to sort and remove duplicates too but that part failed.  Popped all that into Excel and did the rest of the job on my own.  With only about a 15KB Sysprep.inf, I can handle most everything now.

And once I get all the network share issues worked out (mostly from the AMD CPU driver), then maintaining all my drivers should be a breeze!

Going to keep trying to make use of OfflineSysprep as it does indeed show some promise for my usage, but as of right at the moment, it doesn't seem to improve upon what I already have (if it ain't broke, don't fix it?).  Though.... did I mention how much I hate that flag that shows up in MySysprep? lol

Just tested with Paragon HD manager 8.0 SE, which I think is still available with free registration- deployed image and everything showed up without restart.

@DeTard- I agree, since you put that much effort and it works, why starting something new...

I am curious for comments on the legal matter for using NTLDR from x64

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/hdmanager8/index
http://registry.paragon-software.com/hdm8pers/

hi
I have used utilityspotlight05.exe for parsing HWIDS of all sorts, but it is not perfect.
It is good.. BUT. For instance, the current nvidia 174.53 will output zero HWIDs.
I also found out it had missed 10 folders from the 270 WLAN once had.
BUT, it is much better than nothing, and it provides more than the driverinfinforeader I use.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/maga … 60991.aspx

I adapted the inf-inforeader somewhat.

:: ********************************************************************************

:: dragdrop_inf_reader.cmd for use with DriverInfInfo.vbs

:: ********************************************************************************

:: ********************************************************************************
:: Clear all environment variables
:: ********************************************************************************
@echo off
set FOLDER=
set LOGFILE=
set OUTPUT=
set CLASS=
set PROVIDER=
set QUIET=
set HELP=

:: ********************************************************************************
:: Set environment variables for DriverInfInfo.vbs switch values
:: Commemt out a line to not use a switch
:: ********************************************************************************
@ECHO off
Echo Create Comma delimited CSV HWID lists from INF files.
echo.
echo This script overwrites a previous output if it were not renamed.
echo Bail out if you have to save an older file.
echo.
echo Drag extracted Driver folders from Windows Explorer into Dos-box
echo (or, Type a valid path to that folder. (eg C:\DriverPacks\extracted.)
set /P DPS_INF=
if not exist %DPS_INF% goto nonvalid

set FOLDER=/folder:"%DPS_INF%"
set LOGFILE=/log:HWIDLIST.CSV
set OUTPUT=/format:CSV

set QUIET=/q
:: set HELP=/?

:: ********************************************************************************
:: Execute DriverInfInfo.vbs
:: ********************************************************************************
echo on
cscript DriverInfInfo.vbs %FOLDER% %LOGFILE% %OUTPUT% %CLASS% %PROVIDER% %QUIET% %HELP%

for WLAN I adapted the SED_scanner we once used for reading out PCI only
It reads USB and PCI now.. it still also sorts and removes the dupes.
I once made me versions for the SED scanner for monitor and sound (modem) but misplaced those files..
It is also drag_drop.

@ECHO off
Echo Create Comma delimited CSV HWID lists from WLAN INF files spotlight cannot properly process.
echo.
echo This script removes previous CSV lists if they were not renamed.
echo Hit ESCAPE if you have to save older files first.
echo.
echo Drag extracted Driver folders from Windows Explorer into Dos-box
echo (or, Type a valid path to that folder. (eg C:\DriverPacks\NEW\WLAN.)
set /P DPS_INF=
if not exist %DPS_INF% goto nonvalid

cls
Echo on 	
::cleanup
del WLAN-dump*.csv 2>&1>nul

FOR /F "delims=" %%f in ('dir /b /s "%DPS_INF%\*.inf"') DO (

 FOR /F "delims=" %%B in ('type "%%f" ^| sed -n "/PCI\\\VEN/p" ^| sed "s/.*\(PCI\\\VEN_[0-9A-Za-z&_]*\).*/\1/g"') DO (
echo %%f,%%B >> "WLAN-dump.csv"

 )
)

FOR /F "delims=" %%f in ('dir /b /s "%DPS_INF%\*.inf"') DO (

FOR /F "delims=" %%B in ('type "%%f" ^| sed -n "/USB\\\VID/p" ^| sed "s/.*\(USB\\\VID_[0-9A-Za-z&_]*\).*/\1/g"') DO (
echo %%f,%%B >> "WLAN-dump.csv"

 )
)
 


::sort file
sort "WLAN-dump.csv" /o "WLAN-sorted.csv"

::remove duped lines
type "WLAN-sorted.csv" | sed "$!N; /^\(.*\)\n\1$/!P; D" >> "WLAN-sorted-nodupes.csv"

Ok, seriously now... I do have my coffee in the morning, but I know how to single-click the Submit button.  lol am I the only one having problems with double posting?

Last edited by DeTard (2008-05-10 01:25:43)

If I were playing WoW I'd blame the hunter, even if there wasn't one.

Anyhow, on topic, I'm going to try something with my Sysprep-ed image.  I'm going to set up as I normally would, but going to use OfflineSysprep for injecting drivers ONLY.  I know this isn't the intended function of OfflineSysprep but I see no other easy way of injecting the drivers the way OfflineSysprep does, and I still am going to use MySysprep for it's HAL detection mechanisms (it really does do a good job and allows for a lot of customization on how it is detected).  Anyone have any advice on whether this is a good idea or not?

Edit:  Blah, downloading Server 2003 SP2 64-bit right now to get the NTLDR file for use with it.  Hopefully that will fix my memory problems as some others have mentioned.  (Well they said XP, but it's really the same thing on the 64-bit side.)

Last edited by DeTard (2008-05-13 12:07:51)

Sorry, that was a typo, I meant SP2.  Was thinking XP 64-bit and 2003 altogether.  Will edit that post right away.  And I always do a full PNP, I don't care about the time required - I'll just go on to doing other things while I wait on it.  Just set VMWare to idle priority and it doesn't normally interfere with work.

Found an interesting tool from Microsoft, which may be handy- Pnpids.exe. Extracts HWIDs off single or multiple INF files to a text file.
Couldn't test it further, as it seems to run on Win2000 only.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263235/en-us

Direct download:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ … X86_EN.exe