I have a few of the machines being shipped to me right now for testing this exact thing.
Chris Barnes Senior Technical Specialist - Penske Automotive Group [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Desk: (248) 648-2528 Cell: (248) 767-4415 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Danny Guillory Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] OSD Driver Packages with Dell Inspiron 660 and 660s I don't want to seem to simplistic here but have you tested to see what drivers you will need after u laydown the OS? Will those built in drivers work for your needs? I have noticed that mostly when I encounter those consumer machines 95% of them will be just fine with the built in drivers. (given there's NOTHING TOTALLY WEIRD/NON-STANDARD ABOUT THE PC), I only mention that because you may only need a select few drivers to make you & device manager happy :) ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [mssms] OSD Driver Packages with Dell Inspiron 660 and 660s Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:59:11 -0500 Chris, A lot of drivers are shared across platforms, even between consumer and enterprise grade PCs. You should be able to find drivers that match the PNP device IDs of the Dell Inspiron 660 and 660s systems in your current driver repository. If not, then you can download the drivers individually from Dell, categorize them into some logical folder structure on the filesystem, and then import them and associate them with Driver Packages, just as you normally would. It's a bit more work than using driver CABs, but it should work just the same. If you want to search your current driver repository for compatible INF files, use PowerShell: Get-ChildItem -Path \\sccm01\e$\Packages\Drivers<file:///\\sccm01\e$\Packages\Drivers> -Filter *.inf -Recurse | Where-Object -FilterScript { !$PSItem.PSIsContainer -and (Get-Content -Path $PSItem.FullName -Raw) -match 'VEN_8086&DEV_1502' }; In plain English, this command reads: "Get me all child items, recursively, that end in '.inf' from the root of my Drivers folder on the SCCM server, where the item is not a folder (container), and the files' contents match the device ID string 'VEN_8086&DEV1502'" Once you get the results from the command, you know which INF file, in which folder, should be associated with the target system's Driver Package. Rinse and repeat for each device that you want to pinpoint a driver for, that already exists in your Driver "Repository." Cheers, Trevor Sullivan From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barnes,Chris Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 12:49 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] OSD Driver Packages with Dell Inspiron 660 and 660s Hey guys, I am needing to potentially image a bunch of Dell Inspiron 660 and 660s machines (I don't want to, but we are taking over an entity that bought all of their machines at Best Buy.) Has anyone attempted this yet, and have any advice for setting up the driver packages? I know that Dell doesn't offer the CAB files due to this being a consumer class machine, and not an enterprise class machine. Chris Barnes Senior Technical Specialist - Penske Automotive Group [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Desk: (248) 648-2528 Cell: (248) 767-4415 ________________________________ Penske Automotive Group and its affiliates will never sell or rent your email address in violation of applicable law. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Please delete all copies if you are not the intended recipient.
