Jeff;
Well after testing and testing with the driverpack i ended up doing it the following way.
1) Add all the 3rd party drivers i needed into 3rd party folder
2) Run the db_base command and select SAD
3) Select all the drivers but de-selecting the MASS storage check box
4) Select method 1 etc,
5) Keep the other parts default and then slipstream it.
6) After slipstream is completed i copy it over to a usb key and drop it over to the root of C of the ghosted pc
Run the following commands
7) c:\devpath.exe c:\d
8) sysprep\ROE.exe 937
9) Then my sysprep command --> c:\sysprep\sysprep.exe -reseal -activated -mini -pnp -quiet
Pc turns off after sysprep completes and then i boot it up into the network and dump the image using ghost onto the network.
Once its completed I then give it a try and let it load into Windows, sysprep runs and honestly everything gets install prefectly on the three laptops and the sound even works as well. (I will explain what I mean later on, on why the sound didnt work.)
I then take the same image and dump it onto the other 2 computers, 1 of them installs perfectly and the other one also installs itself but except for the following two drivers; as I need to update them within device manager after the image gets installed; they are
Video --> q35 chipset
Lan --> 3 com
Now the strange apart about that is that the drivers are within the driverpack (not as a 3rd party) but you will need to point to the driver folder to update them as they are marked with a yellow symbol in device manager after sysprep does its thing.
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Now I started this thread because after I install Windows xp with SP3 and with no drivers installed yet, I run the DB_install to see if all the drivers gets installed. Everything gets installed but the sound does not work even after a reboot. So I would have to un-install UAA and then let windows pickup the new device and it gets installed from using the driver from the driverpack.
I then noticed I needed to do this to every pc when I dump this image without sysprep as I would just run the db_install file. Then it came to my attention maybe it needs sysprep and let sysprep force the driver. So I did the following steps listed above and as of now it worked on 2 of the laptops, i still need to test the other two computers when I get back to work on Monday. Will keep you posted if it worked.
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Now in regardes of the Mass Storage support. Within my sysprep.ini it only contains the windows mass storage files under mass stroage. I did not borther with adding the mass storage drivers to that section as it seemed to work without it. Do I need it? Do you think I should of selected the Mass Storage check box within DB_base?
Anyhow what do you think about the above method? Personally I think its great but if you know even an eaiser way with using sysprep then please tell.
Thanks Again
P.S. I was more then happy to donate, and its not the last time thats for sure.
Best
Paul
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