Driver Integration fails

[Werner85]

Hello,

I slimmed down my XP install and added SP3 to it. Then i found a LAN Driver pack i wanted to integrate...

I downloaded and unzipped a directory full of maps with drivers for many LAN-card brands...

I selected the whole map to be integrated into my XP CD... So far so good.

After installing i got a New Hardware window asking me to locate the "RTL8029.SY_" file... Which should be in C:/Windows/NLDRV/103 now.

I tried to point to the 103 folder on the CD, and the card was installed the way it should.

But i guess the point of integrating the drivers into the CD is that you dont need any CD to install the drivers...

Then i compared the files in the "103" maps on the CD and on the installed HDD.

The map on the HDD is missing the needed .SYS file...

"103" map fresh installed XP HDD:

1. netrtp5.inf
   
2. netrtp5.PNF (Added by nLite)
   
3. INFCACHE.1 (Added by nLite)
   

"103" map on CD:

1. NETRTP5.IN_
   
2. RTL8029.SY_
   

Why did it not copy the "RTL8029.SY_" file when installing?

I now found this problem for only 1 LAN card... I have integrated 135 LAN driver. Maybe the problem applies to more of those drivers...

I read some topics about this same issue which dated from 2006... But there was no real sollution inside those topics...

[Werner85]

Anyone??

[Werner85]

Another kick then... Guess there should be some people online who know more about this...

Please help.

[Fernando 1]

@ Werner85:

Welcome at MSFN Forums!

Since you are new here, I want to point out, that the bumping of posts is not welcome and not even useful within this forum.

Now to your problem:

Usually the hardware devices are detected and installed within the GUIMODE part of the OS installation. Precondition of a successful installation of a detected device is the availability of a suitable driver.

Since the needed driver (SYS file) was present within your CD, I don't see any reason to believe, that the associated driver hasn't been successfully integrated by nLite.

Is it possible, that your LAN port has been disabled during the OS installation?

CU

Fernando

[Werner85]

Since you are new here, I want to point out, that the bumping of posts is not welcome and not even useful within this forum.

Sorry about that... I'm used to that on other forums...

Now to your problem:

Usually the hardware devices are detected and installed within the GUIMODE part of the OS installation. Precondition of a successful installation of a detected device is the availability of a suitable driver.

Since the needed driver (SYS file) was present within your CD, I don't see any reason to believe, that the associated driver hasn't been successfully integrated by nLite.

Maybe the filelist (used by setup to know which files to copy) isn't complete and missing some SYS files?

Is it possible, that your LAN port has been disabled during the OS installation?

Could be, but i didnt select the option te delete drivers after install. So it should copy all the drivers to the Harddisk doesn't it? Edited September 20, 2008 by Werner85