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Well to be more exact you wil need the cat file also and any others that the driver needs . put them into \driver\promise raid or whatever you want to name it. Also though you will need to add jsut the fasttrack.sys to your i386 folder. If you follow the directions above he did give the exact correct directions. Right now i have added almost all the raid drivers I can find to my txtsetup.sif and so far the ones that i can test here work. This includes High point on shuttle, epox, and an old pIII abit board, Proimise on a newer aopen nforce motherboard with promise sata150 controler. I have an older gigabyte motherboard with an older promise ide raid controler which i have added but have not tested it yet. If anybody needs my files let me know. There are many more that I have added to me setup that still need testing by others.

No problem it is working well for me also. I have also finished up all the other little parts while we were offline. I have 2'nd cd working well, all service packs slipstreamed into the install accept for the last one that uses the funny switches, All settings working well for all users, Third party raid drivers included for most the major raid controllers. I'm getting ready to release a how to here to have all these things included during the install. I'm glad this resource is here.

thanks I wonder if this is why it shows about 8 patches that it thinks are not installed after a fresh install for me. I'll have to look at this some more.

naw it workks wiht most of them accept for highpoint, promise, and silicone image. If id does not work with the one you want to use then yes this method will anable it to work but allot of them are already supported. What do you expect from a second rate os. It's not like it supports this stuff like linux does out of the box.

well although you had the idea I am actually using the batch scripts from the other guy and his methods as they work. I actaully did not even try it the way you at first propsed. Now I have something I can tweak though and work on to get the install just right without having to do that all by hand. Soonish I hope to have it working completely as the only patch the does not take right now is that last mdac patch. I'll get it though.

I'm not sure why you would need to. Just add these two lines to your winnt.sif [unattended] DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\radeon-cat3_6\2KXP_INF;Drivers\radeon-cat3_6\TV_Capture\WDM_XP; Drivers\nforce;Drivers\nforce\AudioDRV;Drivers\nforce\AudioUtl;Drivers\nforce\Display;Drivers\nforce\Ethernet; Drivers\nforce\GART;Drivers\nforce\IDE;Drivers\nforce\MemCtl;Drivers\nforce\SMBus;Drivers\nforce\USB; Drivers\Promise_sata;Drivers\SI_rdvr;Drivers\hpt372;Drivers\4in1442v;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP; Drivers\4in1442v\AGP33;Drivers\4in1442v\AgpME;Drivers\4in1442v\IDEWinXP;Drivers\4in1442v\Inf; Drivers\4in1442v\IRQ;Drivers\4in1442v\Pfd;Drivers\4in1442v\WinXP;Drivers\VIA-VT6103;Drivers\wdm;Drivers\wdm\wdm;" The second one whould be all on one line with no carrage returns The first line will tell windows to use them even if they are not signed.

Ok I have al lthe patches installing mostly this way now. Even the ones wiht different command line options. I only ran across 8 that are not installed. I went to windows update right after a fresh install and it only listed 8 but I have not had time to check out if they are ones I have included or if I have jsut missed them. One was for windows media player 9 and since I dont have it instlled it would make sence that the patch was not installed. Thanks for this method I like it very much It should be much better than the manual patch method.

here this will do it or you. and will handle 2 cdroms. CLS @ECHO OFF SET CDROM= IF EXIST D:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=D: IF EXIST E:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=E: IF EXIST F:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=F: IF EXIST G:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=G: IF EXIST H:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=H: IF EXIST I:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=I: IF EXIST J:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=J: IF EXIST K:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=K: ECHO. IF EXIST %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO RUNCMD ECHO If you only have one cdrom please remove your cd ECHO from the cdrom and place the second cd in the drive. ECHO. ECHO If you have two cdroms then make sure your second ECHO cd is in the second cdrom drive. ECHO. PAUSE IF NOT EXIST %CDROM%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO RUNCMD xcopy %CDROM%\install %systemdrive%\install\ /S /C /Q /H /Y ECHO. :RUNCMD IF NOT EXIST %CDROM%\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd GOTO RUNBATCH ECHO Please remove your cd from the cdrom drive. ECHO. PAUSE ECHO. IF EXIST %CDROM%\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd GOTO RUNCMD :RUNBATCH ECHO Running Main Batch ... ECHO. start /wait %systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd :: load from second cd without intervention IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO APPS ECHO Running Hotfixes Batch ... ECHO. start /wait %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd :APPS IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\applications.cmd GOTO CUSTOM ECHO Running Applications Batch ... ECHO. start /wait %systemdrive%\install\applications.cmd :CUSTOM IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\CUSTOMIZE.CMD GOTO ERROR ECHO Running Cumstom Batch ... ECHO. start /wait %systemdrive%\install\CUSTOMIZE.CMD :ERROR IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO _ECHO IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\applications.cmd GOTO _ECHO IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\CUSTOMIZE.CMD GOTO _ECHO GOTO END :_ECHO ECHO. ECHO *******************WARNING******************* ECHO Hotfixes or Applications were not installed ECHO because they could not be found. ECHO. ECHO Check %systemdrive%\install\install.log for ECHO more information. ECHO *******************WARNING******************* ECHO. PAUSE :END ECHO. ECHO Restarting the PC in 1 minute... shutdown -r -f -t 30 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute, this will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!" ECHO. ::ECHO Deleting Temp Installation Files... ::RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install ::RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Drivers ::ECHO. EXIT

I found it worked on all hotfixes with the white icon. Which one's doesn't it work on? Well it does not work on the ones that have a colorfull icon.

thanks I'll try. When I checked the command line proerties of the files it told me to use the /T: switch instead of /X: It would seem microsofts own programs dont know how they are supposed to work.

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yes: make sure in your winnt.sif you have this. [Unattended] DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\radeon-cat3_6\2KXP_INF;Drivers\radeon-cat3_6\TV_Capture\WDM_XP; Drivers\nforce;Drivers\nforce\AudioDRV;Drivers\nforce\AudioUtl;Drivers\nforce\Display;Drivers\nforce\Ethernet; Drivers\nforce\GART;Drivers\nforce\IDE;Drivers\nforce\MemCtl;Drivers\nforce\SMBus;Drivers\nforce\USB; Drivers\Promise_sata;Drivers\SI_rdvr;Drivers\hpt372;Drivers\4in1442v;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP33; Drivers\4in1442v\AgpME;Drivers\4in1442v\IDEWinXP;Drivers\4in1442v\Inf;Drivers\4in1442v\IRQ;Drivers\4in1442v\Pfd; Drivers\4in1442v\WinXP;Drivers\VIA-VT6103;Drivers\wdm;Drivers\wdm\wdm;" the driver sign policy will allow you to use non whql drivers. Also note above that you will need to make sure that you have added your driver path to your hard drive drivers as it is above. The oempnpdriverpath has been shortened by me but it should all be on one line in you winnt.sif next you need to ue your txtsetup.sif. here is a good guide to that. http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic....08db43192ae9bb5

Ive tried on this latest scvpack stuff and it works fine for teh older service packs but not th newer ones. I have changed the sysntax of the file to get them to extract but it still dose not work here goes anybody got any ideas on this. @echo off setlocal enableextensions :: check if hotfix file exists if not exist 1\*.exe goto _end :: delete any files in extract folder if exist 4\* del /s /q 4\* :: extract hotfix to extract folder for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 1\*.exe`) do echo 1\%%~ni.exe /q /x:4 >> 1$x$.cmd call 1$x$.cmd :: del $x$.cmd :: extract hotfix to extract folder thisis for newer style hot fixes for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 2\*.exe`) do echo 2\%%~ni.exe /Q /C /T:4 >> 2$x$.cmd call 2$x$.cmd :: del $x$.cmd :: extract hotfix to extract folder thisis for newer style hot fixes for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 3\*.exe`) do echo 3\%%~ni.exe /Q /C /T:4 >> 3$x$.cmd call 3$x$.cmd :: del $x$.cmd :: check extraction took place if not exist 4\* goto _end :: create svcpack folder in output folder if not exist 5\svcpack md 5\SVCPACK :: move hotfix to svcpack folder copy /y 1\*.exe 5\svcpack copy /y 2\*.exe 5\svcpack copy /y 3\*.exe 5\svcpack :: delete unwanted files from extract folder for /f %%i in (files\hotkill.ini) do del /f /q /s 4\%%i for /f %%i in (files\hotkill.ini) do del /f /q /s 4\sp2\%%i :: move cat files to svcpack folder for %%i in (4\update\*.cat 4\sp2\update\*.cat) do move /y %%i 5\svcpack :: compress files and copy to output folder bin\compress.exe -d -r -zx21 4\* 5 bin\compress.exe -d -r -zx21 4\sp2\* 5 rem create svcpack.inf file echo [Version] > 5\svcpack.inf echo Signature="$Windows NT$" >> 5\svcpack.inf echo MajorVersion=5 >> 5\svcpack.inf echo MinorVersion=1 >> 5\svcpack.inf echo BuildNumber=2600 >> 5\svcpack.inf echo. >> 3\svcpack.inf echo [SetupData] >> 5\svcpack.inf echo CatalogSubDir="\i386\svcpack" >> 5\svcpack.inf echo. >> 3\svcpack.inf echo [SetupHotfixesToRun] >> 5\svcpack.inf for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 1\svcpack\*.exe`) do echo %%~ni.exe /n /q /u /z >> 5\svcpack.inf for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 2\svcpack\*.exe`) do echo %%~ni.exe /Q:A /R:N >> 5\svcpack.inf for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 3\svcpack\*.exe`) do echo %%~ni.exe /Q /C:"dahotfix /q /n >> 5\svcpack.inf echo. >> 3\svcpack.inf echo [ProductCatalogsToInstall] >> 3\svcpack.inf for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 3\svcpack\*.cat`) do echo %%~ni.cat >> 3\svcpack.inf :: compress svcpack.inf bin\compress.exe -d -r -zx21 3\svcpack.inf :: comment out the next line if you want to examing svcpack.inf afterwards. :: del /q 3\svcpack.inf :: copy winnt.sif to output folder if exist files\winnt.sif xcopy /y files\winnt.sif 3 :: copy dosnet.inf to output folder if exist files\dosnet.inf xcopy /y files\dosnet.inf 3 :: clean up if exist 1\* del /s /q 1\* if exist 2\* del /s /q 2\* if exist 3\* del /s /q 3\* goto _end :_end

I cant find compress anyplace but I do know that xp comes with make cab. What is the difference? Wont make cab do the same thing? As for folder two it is just the working folder. Were all the work is done.

I found out waht was going on. I test on a pc and in virtualpc. The virtualpc does not install the catalyst controle panel since that computer is running an s3 card and so my display settings are not altered but on the other computer is a redeon card and when the catalyst controle panel gets installed the next time the system reboots the screen resolution needs ot be set again. Not sure why this is but it is hardware specific and not the install cd itself.

I'm really busy right now. But in a few days I'll do a write up with my directory structure and all the files I use. Sorry but all the virus's going around are keeping me really busy along with the other stuff I do for work.

Hm could try that but it wont be till later today. I'll let you guys know how it comes out. I dont forsee an issue though. Rememeber to look thorugh that file carefully there are many days worth of tweaks and testing in there to get it to work. At this time I'm only having one issue. When the first roboot happens and it goes into graphical mode to do the install. It does a few setup things and then pauses wiht a dialog that tells me it's going to do an instal and click ok to continue. How do I get rid of that? Has this happened to anybody else?

Although I'm not sure whithout looking this is my file that 'm using CLS @echo off ECHO Installing All Pre-SP2 Hotfixes... ECHO Please Wait... CD "%systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes for %%i in (*.exe) do start /wait %%i -u -f -o -z -q -m CD "%systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes1 for %%i in (*.exe) do start /wait %%i -u -f -o -z -q -m ECHO Done. ECHO Installing All Pre-SP2 Cumulative patches... ECHO Please Wait... CD "%systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes2 for %%i in (*.exe) do start /wait %%i /Q:A /R:N ECHO Done. ECHO Installing All Pre-SP2 Extra patches... ECHO Please Wait... CD "%systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes3 for %%i in (*.exe) do start /wait %%i /Q /C:"dahotfix /q /n" ECHO Done. EXIT Hotfixes includes the original ones that start with a q hotfixes2 has the ones that are knowlidgebase fixes. hotfixes3 are teh ones like ie6 cumulative patch and the javascript updatre. There are about 5 or 6 of these. You know them because the icon is colorfull hotfix4 is the last mrupatch since it takes different switches than the others.

sure let me know if you want scripts for 2 cd I have done them already.

I used to get this also but from some reason with my current setup the problems have disapered.

yes I promise not t oignore you please post your cmd file with instructions. Thanks. By the way thsi is about the last thing I was wanting to do wiht my installer cd. The rest is working quite well now.

well this guide was not for 2000 or 2003 really. It was intended for xp. This would also seem to be very telling. In that xp I'm more sure than ever now is built on top of win9x and 2003 is still diverging from the 2000 code base. Very interesting indeed. This way microsoft can kep the home user os buggy as all get out without affecting their server os as much.

are you trying to exicute those from your network? If not then you need it to be like this. start /wait %systemdrive%\installs\CD\i386\$OEM$\office\install.exe /qb- start /wait %systemdrive%\installs\CD\i386\$OEM$\o2kupd\29032000frproo2k.exe /Q if you are trying to do install those from a networked computer I dont think there is a way or at least it is beyond my scope.

um thats old and only is supposed to work wiht windows 2000.

yea and I'm so tired my spelling is getting really bad.