tommyp

I echo FDVs posts with the thank-you's. HFSLIP started because I hated worthless files after installing W2K, hotfixes and IE6 using traditional methods. Also, people everywhere said that slipstreaming IE6 into W2K is impossible, but I proved them wrong about a year ago. So over the coarse of a year, lots of goodies were incorporated: full localization, XP and 2K3 among other things that other programs just can't do. The XP and 2K3 are no brainers and slipsteaming them is only a SMALL subset of W2K. This is why I get a kick out how people make mountains out of molehills with XP and 2K3 slipstreaming. Let's see what happens next year.

I tried that program out, saw a different systray icon, and didn't see anything worth writing home about.

The new HFSLIP slipstreams these worthless binaries. Read FDV's site for details. If sometime down the road from now MSFT releases another SDK with additional worthless bloat, just throw the cab files in HFCABS and HFSLIP will take care of it for you.

The current HFSLIP fixes the w2k rollup and the HALT stuff.

Sure, I can take care of it after Christmas.

Thanks TC. I'll throw that into the script and put the rollup hal dll file in the sourcess.

ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION set /A OLEG=1 ECHO [SourceDisksFiles]>>SOURCESS\I386\TXTSETUP.SIF ECHO [Files]>>SOURCESS\I386\DOSNET.INF FOR /F "USEBACKQ DELIMS==" %%I in (`DIR /A-D /OGN /B HFDRV\*.INF`) do ( copy HFDRV\%%I HFDRV\HFDRV!OLEG!.inf MAKECAB /D CompressionMemory=21 /D CompressionType=LZX HFDRV\HFDRV!OLEG!.INF /L SOURCESS\I386 DEL /Q /F HFDRV\HFDRV!OLEG!.inf set /A OLEG=!OLEG!+1 ECHO HFDRV!OLEG!.inf=1,,,,,,,20,0,0 >>SOURCESS\I386\TXTSETUP.SIF ECHO d1,HFDRV!OLEG!.inf>>SOURCESS\I386\DOSNET.INF ) You need the echo sourcedisksfiles section if you are running this on an hfslipped source.

Inf please. I want to include this in HFSLIP so I can release it.

Thanks dude. I have a nice solution. Testing now.

I'm stupid, can someone craft an INF for me? I'll put it in HFSLIP. Also, during installation, how is the boot.ini file created? Any way to make it automated so we can change it during installation?

Daemonforce - How did you get the hive injection with the \integrate command with XP? How large is your svcpack folder? I don't think your method is a true slipstream the way you describe in this post. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=57988&st=10

So is the answer to just put those 5 dx dlls in the sys32 folder and that's it? No registration is required? (Hint search the registry for the dll name, if you see it, then it's registered). Are all 5 dlls needed for the 4 types of OS installations I asked about in my previous post?

Does anyone feel like stepping up to the plate and letting me know which cab & files are needed/added for the following: 1. w2k+ie6+dx9c hfslip. 2. w2k+fdvfileset+dx9c hfslip 3. wxpsp2 hfslip 4. wxpsp1 + dx9 hfslip I honestly have ZERO time to experiment with all builds and fine tuning all installations. If someone has time on their hands, let me know what is needed and I'll be happy to make it slipstreamed. If I really had the need for these files I would do it myself, but my system works fine without them.

Is there a benefit for adding these files? They aren't part of the original and from what I see here, my directx is fine.

Thanks for the tip. I'm far from a computer genious, I'm only trying to automate things. So any tips are appreciated.

Oh that drivers section. Sure, post it. I'm sure others will get mad that HFSLIP actually slipstreams this too. HAHAHA.

Cat files? You can probably live without them. I doubt that the update site checks for them.

Maybe craft a webpage and ask FDV to host it? I'd like to put the codec and other info there too.

Thanks Bugs. I think you found a "bug". Will post the fix in a bit.

Nice find Oleg. If you want, I can integrate this into the script. Report back if you have success with the drivers and I'll think of a nice method for using driver integration without intefering with file reduction. Please advise......

If someone bought me a x64 pc and x64 install cd, then yes.

When I think of Christmas, one of the things that pops into my head is beer and wings served by waitresses in nice short shorts. How does Hooters sound? Its located on Route 17 South in Paramus. PM me for directions.

Search the registry for msxml6 for any hits.

TC - Don't go too wild making everything to install at t-12 (switchless installer) for w2k. Some programs just can't do it. XP on the other hand is a different animal.

Because HFSLIP can do it too.