I agree to a point... but honestly.. How long as SP2 for XP been out? Lets see... since Aug 25, 2004... I think modifying a file once every 2.75 years is acceptable.. Hell, I modify it more frequently than that just to insert new drivers.
Perl is a wonderful tool for automating this process btw... Michael Donofrio, Lewis wrote: > Yes but this is now something you have to do *each time* a service pack > comes out. A good rule of thumb is "the more you can leave your source > files untouched the sainer you'll be (-:" > ______________________________________________________________________ > Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cell: (734) 323-8776 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael J. Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Donofrio, Lewis > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thu Apr 12 13:57:47 2007 > Subject: Re: [Unattended] oempnpdriverspath length problem? > > This isn't entirely accurate. The way I've gotten around it is to > modify the hivesft.inf file... > > Find a line that says this: > HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion","DevicePath",0x00020002,"%SystemRoot%\inf" > > At the end of that line ( without any line breaks, and inside the double > quotes ) add your driver paths like this: > %SystemDrive%\D\M\AD\7 > > Where the \D\ is the first sub directory of your $oem$\$1 folder > Place a ; (semi-colon) between each entry... and don't forget the final > " (double-quote). So, for example, the new line would look like: > > HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion","DevicePath",0x00020002,"%SystemRoot%\inf;%SystemDrive%\D\M\AD\7;%SystemDrive%\D\L\SU\9;%SystemDrive%\D\L\AC\1\ > 2K;%SystemDrive%\D\M\N\590SLI\R" > > I've modified the config.pl under the 'site' folder so that I can > specify a 'None' option so that it doesn't modify the oempnpdriverpath > at all... > > This will allow windows to search as many driver paths as you like. ( > I've installed 3 of the driver packs in my installations ). > > Michael > > Donofrio, Lewis wrote: > > > > Only using the winnt32 will you get around this 16 bit issue. > > > > --hence we need a bartpe-unattened-project > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cell: (734) 323-8776 > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: benjamin.gabaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thu Apr 12 13:15:10 2007 > > Subject: [Unattended] oempnpdriverspath length problem? > > > > hi to all > > > > we tried to use and install the driverspack in the $OEM/$1 from > > http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/ > > > > but we encountered a well known problem that i already saw in the list > > archive : it seems that the length of oempnpdriverspath is too long > > (inthe unattend.txt file) and some drivers are not accessed and not > > installed > > > > so we tried to gather all of the drivers into a unique directory > > (without subdirectory), but this is not a good method since the > > installer asked us the location of some driver files > > > > i saw this problem have been invoked in a prior thread, but i didn't > > understood if there is a good solution > > > > is there a well known solution in order to solve the oempnpdriverspath > > length limit of 4096 (or 1024 chars with winnt.exe) ? > > for instance in assembling the drivers hierarchy in a different manner? > > > > thanks for your help > > > > -- > > Maurice Libes > > Tel : +33 (04) 91 82 93 25 Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille > > Fax : +33 (04) 91 82 93 03 UMS2196CNRS- Campus de Luminy, > > Case 901 > > F-13288 Marseille cedex 9 > > > > Veuillez noter ma nouvelle adresse ==> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > <http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > unattended-info mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
