Thanks Marcus,
This worked for me too :)
(
http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net/msg06842.html
)
Thanks again,
Paul
On 27/11/2007, Markus Busche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello Paul,
>
> this worked for me...
>
> Bye,
>
> Markus
>
> 2007/11/27, paul kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > Hi - I am about to try out this driver pack method also.
> > However with all the traffic on the subject I've become confused on best
> > approach.
> > Can any one who understands this better give me a condensed (simple)
> > version of how best to implement ... apologies I'm fairly new to much of
> > this :)
> >
> > Thanks again
> > Paul Kelly
> >
> > On 23/11/2007, Michael De Groote < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > SO, the way i tried from here is:
> > > > > 1. unpack driverpacks to /z/drivers
> > > > > 2. link /z/os/winxp/$oem$/$1/D to /z/drivers/D and do the same
> > > > for win2k
> > > > > -> driver will be placed in "C:\D"
> > > > > 3. generate devicepath using either setdevicepath.exe (from pyron)
> > > > (can also
> > > > > be done by using a "find ./ -type d" + some extra commands) and
> > > > put that in
> > > > > the file hivesft.inf (it contains a 'key' named DevicePath, and is
> > > > > apparently used as part of a template for the registry
> > > >
> > > > I did that. It becomes a total nightmare if you got some variation
> > > > in
> > > > your hardware (lots of directories: the driverpath becomes too
> > > > long).
> > > >
> > >
> > > uhm.. i'm using all the driverpacks... it doesnt complain yet about
> > > the devicepath being too long (but ok i modified the registry template
> > > instead of putting it in a var in the unattended.txt or winnt.sif or
> > > whatever, maybe that helps?)
> > >
> > > The reasons i chose this path are
> > > 1. all paths (meaning all .inf files, and thus all drivers) are
> > > available
> > > 2. no %systemdrive% in DevicePath, but a hardcoded "c:\" (and come
> > > on, who installs on a different drive than a c:\ drive, especially in a
> > > business/school scenario?)... that gets you a LOT of chars down
> > > 3. c:\D\G\I\1 and the like are also (in total) a lot shorter than
> > > z:\drivers\G\I\1 and friends. (Doenst look like much, but that is 6 chars
> > > less... do that a 150 times and that is 900 chars !)
> > >
> > > I think i'll include a call to setdevicepath.exe, but then for a
> > > mapped network drive, so when a machine is installed, the drivers can be
> > > removed locally, but are still available on network
> > > Still need to keep the LAN driverpack tho... that's an absolute
> > > requirement here :) but hey, what is a pc without being connected to a
> > > network? Lonely (ok, and more secure too :) )
> > >
> > > >
> > > > So the Pyrons method definitely is your only choice. I think I'm
> > > > past
> > > > the driver hurdle now; tomorrow or next week I'll also try a more
> > > > varied range of machines.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
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