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This is mentioned on the driverpacks forums. To quote from that link: This is specific to the AMCC 3ware 7000/8000 series sata controller drivers. Later in that same thread, its stated that these drivers were removed from the driverpacks project (the initial post is in reference to a much older version of DriverPacks). However, for my disk I just ended up using a workaround with a multiboot, with a different winnt.sif for if I am installing on a system using that card, or a different one I can use if I just want to use the native driverpacks drivers (which use method 1 for driver slipstreaming). The guide outlined in the first post of this thread is what i think is known as method2, using $OEM$\TEXTMODE and defining an [OemBootFiles] section in winnt.sif/unattend.txt I also found that with all of the driverpacks mass storage drivers enabled, it takes a long time for the installer to start as it loads every mass storage driver into memory every time you run the installer. For this reason, I may end up making a few other multiboot options to load different sets of drivers to allow the installer to run a little more smoothly at the start. Since method1 drivers add lines for them into txtsetup.sif, you should be able to directly reference them in winnt.sif as such: ;this is example code from txtsetup.sif, of lines which were added by driverpacks [SCSI] aic78xx = "Adaptec AHA-294X/AHA-394X/AIC-78XX SCSI Controller" aic78u2 = "Adaptec AHA-294XU2/AIC-7890 SCSI Controller" arc = "Adaptec RAID Storport Driver" afcnt = "Agilent HHBA-510x PCI Fibre Channel Controller" cpqarray = "Compaq Drive Array" taking these lines, we should be able to create a winnt.sif that only looks for those specific drivers by placing them in [MassStorageDevices] as such: ;this is example code from winnt.sif, referencing the lines above from txtsetup.sif [MassStorageDrivers] "IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/PCI IDE Controller" = "RETAIL";if you are going to define any set of method1 drivers in winnt.sif, you need at least this one. "Adaptec AHA-294X/AHA-394X/AIC-78XX SCSI Controller" = "RETAIL" "Adaptec AHA-294XU2/AIC-7890 SCSI Controller" = "RETAIL" "Adaptec RAID Storport Driver" = "RETAIL" "Agilent HHBA-510x PCI Fibre Channel Controller" = "RETAIL" "Compaq Drive Array" = "RETAIL" I'll probably test that out later tonight and post my results.

EDIT: here is my previous post For reference, this method does override txtsetup.sif, or rather, it overrides where it looks in that file. I placed a different raid controller in my test system which worked before I defined a [MassStorageDrivers] section or [OemBootFiles] section in my winnt.sif and it was unable to find the drive during the installation. Previously, I had added entries to winnt.sif under the IDE cdrom one as such: "Adaptec AHA-294X/AHA-394X/AIC-78XX SCSI Controller" = "RETAIL" "Adaptec AHA-294XU2/AIC-7890 SCSI Controller" = "RETAIL" "Adaptec RAID Storport Driver" = "RETAIL" "Agilent HHBA-510x PCI Fibre Channel Controller" = "RETAIL" "Compaq Drive Array" = "RETAIL" "Compaq Fibre Channel Host Controller" = "RETAIL" "Smart Array 53xx/63xx Controller" = "RETAIL" "Emulex Scsiport Fibre Channel Host Adapters" = "RETAIL" with the same names listed in txtsetup.sif. However, with something like 50 or so drivers to list, or some other factor I may be unaware of, the presence of all of those devices in [massstoragedevices] prevented it from detecting the controller I was trying to add to the install: "AMCC 3ware 7000/8000 Series ATA RAID Controller" = "OEM" As listed previously in this thread, this is the only method that works with this controller. I think it may be possible to get past this by referencing txtsetup.sif in the oembootfiles section, but I'm not sure if that would work.

I'm working on a server 2003 unattended installation in which i want the user to be prompted for the eula/repair in the beginning of text mode, select a partition and leave the rest to the unattended installation. So far, I have something close to that, except during the gui mode installation I am prompted to agree to a license for server 2003 SP2. Is there any way to skip this prompt without disabling the repair/eula agreement during text mode? I started with nlite, but I think I can finish this just by manually ediiting winnt.sif. Here's a copy of my winnt.sif: [Data] Autopartition=0 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall="Yes" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="password" TimeZone=020 OEMSkipRegional=1 OemSkipWelcome=1 [LicenseFilePrintData] AutoMode=PerSeat [Components] [UserData] ProductKey="xxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx" ComputerName=xxxxxx FullName="xxxxxxx" OrgName="xxxxxxxx" [RegionalSettings] Language= "0409" [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents="Yes" [Identification] JoinWorkgroup="WORKGROUP" [GuiRunOnce] "%SystemRoot%\System32\nLite.cmd"