OverFlow wrote:I recomended M1... yes! and cautioned you that you SHOULD use QSC this will keep a copy of the Cabbed drivers so you will not have to do this very consuming process more than once . (unless you add or update a pack, even then it will only have to process the new DriverPack not any previously used DriverPacks)
PS make sure DriverPacks BASE is not run on the target machine you will want Base (with the QSC) on your personal workstation
once you have a M1 source (created on your workstation) copy all the files from DriverPacks.net to c:\ (on the target) and remove the now empty DriverPacks.net folder.
Please DO run devpath on C:\D (this adds all the drivers into the windows search path)
Call dp_inst_tool however you like... The tool will call the DriverPacks Finisher for you!
Note: ROE 937
- Simply adds a call to the DriverPacks Finisher
- The call is added to the local registry RunOnceEx (ROE) section so it is called the next time the machine boots )
The finisher removes the devpath entry from the registry and deletes all DriverPacks related files, and removes itself by adding a ROE entry to be executed on the next boot
Does that help?
Ah I love you haha. Thats sum everything up very nicely, once I get into work tomorrow I'll go ahead and do as you state - out of interest though, if I was wanting to call dp_inst_tool from my Sysprep, an acceptable entry in sysprep,inf would look like the below correct?
[GuiRunOnce]
Command0 = "C:\dp_inst_tool.cmd"
One last thing (I hope lol) - Galapo mentions that I should be doing the following as I want to include -bmsd within my Sysprep.inf and OfflineSysPrep doesn't allow that:
1. Set up DriverPacks, sysprep'ing with '-reseal -forceshutdown', rebooting the machine and letting DriverPacks install;
2. THEN booting into LiveXP, running OfflineSysPrep, injecting MassStorage drivers and sysprep'ing the machine for a second time with '-reseal -pnp -mini';
3. Then image, upload to WDS and away I go.
Does that seem correct? My thoughts are that if I let DriverPacks install (after the 1st Sysprep) that the system I will Image in the end is then ONLY setup for that type Hardware? Wouldn't it be better to only Sysprep once or Sysprep twice but don't let the machine bootup before an Image is taken? I'm a little confused on this last part.
Would the follow work/be a better option:
1. Set up DriverPacks, sysprep with '-reseal -forceshutdown'; [Meaning that I can use a NEW sysprep.inf with OfflineSysPrep so as not to have -bmsd content]
2. Boot into LiveXP, running OfflineSysPrep, injecting MassStorage drivers and sysprep the machine with '-reseal -pnp -mini';
3. Then image, upload to WDS and away I go.
I'm just trying to think, if I do that, how do I get my -bmsd MassStorage drivers included as OfflineSysPrep doesn't allow that....?
Cheers
Last edited by Jack_F (2010-02-18 22:51:24)