Adam Peart wrote:
Jerome Brown wrote:
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From: Brent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:25:36
-0700 To: unattended list <[email protected]>
Subject: [Unattended] Intel NIC not getting installed even with
DriverPack
I'm trying to get a stack of Sony Vaio laptops installed via Unatteneded.
This is the first time I've run into the situation where the NIC card
isn't detected after XP boots (I install via the Linux PXE boot, which
works fine).
After reading through some archives, I noticed a post about
DriverPacks, so I got and installed those. It appears that worked
correctly (I see the $OEM$ dirs and such). However, after
reinstalling, same deal.
The driver from the DriverPack *does* work if I drop it onto a flash
drive, so this is definately something about the install process.
I'm guessing I'm either not correctly listing the OEMPnPDriversPath or
its not copying or something. I even went so far as to find the file
DriverPack changes and copy that path into my Unattended unattend.txt.
Anyone successfully use the DriverPacks w/ Unattended that might be
able to offer me a clue as to whats up?
Thanks!
Brent
I had the same problem with Driver Packs, as the total length of the
OEMPnPPath was greater than the 1024 character limit for the DOS
portion of the setup, as they are often created for integrating into a
CD which has a 4096 character limit.
I solved it by copying all the drivers into a single folder for each
type, so my Drivers folder has Network, Audio, Video etc folders, and
all the drivers are in that folder. It also helps save on some space,
as some files are duplicated in the driver packs too.
HTH
Jerome Brown
Jerome, did you copy the .7z files to the unattended dir, or the
extracted files from the .7z files?
You need to extract the 7z files into i386/$OEM$/$1/SomeDir. Then the
setup will copy them across and use them during the install. We have
separate directories for each type of driver, so we don't have to
install anything (hopefully) after the install. I also recommend Allan's
suggestions of modifying the install scripts so that all the drivers a
copied across, that way you don't have to think what hardware is in the
machine - it all gets setup correctly.
HTH
Jerome Brown
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