I'm not sure if this is generally applicable, but for the sort of commodity hardware I'm working with, the hardware drivers seem to be either "Multi-OS", or where there is differentiation (e.g. Intel Network cards) the respective OS installations manage to select the correct drivers from those available (something in OEMSETUP.INF?).
I've used this approach successfully with Dell and HP systems (by manually copying the $oem$ directory to each I386 directory before build). JMB P.S. Jeff Black's tip - Junction or Linkd provides the equivalent of a symlink for an NTFS file system. The unattended process was happy with what it found in the os media directory for Win2K and XPPro installations, and it caused no problems for the standard config.pl using the "select all drivers" function. -----Original Message----- From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 June 2004 22:37 To: James Barlow Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Single $oem$ directory for all OS Media with Linux Boot Disk ? "James Barlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm using Unattended 4.2c with the Linux boot disk. I'm interested in > trying to fiddle things so that I can use a single $oem$ directory > regardless of whether I'm loading Win2k Pro, or Win2K Server or Win > XP. I was hoping I'd be able to do something with symbolic links. You mean you want to share the drivers themselves? Does that always work? This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately by telephoning +44(1684) 278700. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ unattended-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-devel
