Although I've been imaging some time, I've never quite fully understood adding Sata/chipset drivers to Winnt.sif (and sysprep).

I have a new Lenovo T400. In the BIOS if I set the SATA controller mode to Compatibility, my unattended installation seems to work with no problems. I obviously need to load Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver.

When I download them from Lenovo, it tells me it has newer drivers in Windows and asks to use the Windows ones or the included ones.

No matter which I select, I get the BSOD

0x0000007B (0xF78B2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000,0x00000000)

I'm stumped on what I am doing wrong.

I know the obvious easy solution is to switch it to compatibility mode, but that doesnt mean its the right/best way.

I know I could also do compatibility mode, install the drivers, then it'll be ready for sysprep.

winnt.sif

bump...any help with this?

Is your controller an INTEL SATA?

If yes, looky here:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Integration-Inte...ta-t107504.html

jaclaz

I appreciate the response. I'm familiar with nLite, but I have to do it manually, as it is for business and I need to have a full documentation, etc for the process. But I will read through the post to see if it sheds some light on this.

I've done this a million times. It's easy - just follow these's directions:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Unattended-insta...ATA-t13173.html

Works great.

Basically, you copy the drivers to your I386 source, you add a few lines to txtsetup.sif, and you're done.

Edited October 9, 200817 yr by Nois3

And get the drivers from Intel not Lenovo. Lenovo is typically at least 3 versions behind.

I tried using the Lenovo drivers, with no luck.

I have it read from the XP install, and no luck. I have it read from a floppy disk, no luck.

Hence, I'm stumped.

I'll try again from scratch with the instructions. Do I need different versions of the SATA drivers from Intel, or are they all encompassing?

I was reading the Intel readme, http://downloadmirror.intel.com/16750/eng/readme.txt

and it says to

// Insert the lines below into the UNATTEND.TXT file

[MassStorageDrivers]

"Intel® 82801IR/IO SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM

[OEMBootFiles]

iaAhci.inf

iaStor.sys

iaAhci.cat

Txtsetup.oem

Should I do this for Winnt.sif?

Also, how do I deal with different chipsets and their versions of iaStor.sys? or is it only the inf files that change?

I understand that due to the fact you are in a Commercial Environment you cannot use nlite, but the given thread:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Integration-Inte...ta-t107504.html

gives first the howto to have the right drivers and .inf files, and then suggests nlite as integration method, but there are others, most namely the good ol' method linked to by Nois3:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Unattended-insta...ATA-t13173.html

the UNATTENDED.TXT suggested by Intel, (you should read a bit here):

http://www.msfn.org/board/Device-Drivers-f88.html

the F6 Virtual Floppy method with grub4dos:

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20543

and probably a few more that I am unaware of or cannot recall.

jaclaz

Edited October 10, 200817 yr by jaclaz

I just tried the method in the link provided by Nois3. We'll see how it works.

I got some progress. I have the text setup process recognizing the drive, copying and installing the files.

I get the windows XP installation screen. (collecting information, Dynamic update, preparing installation), and then it gets to Installing Windows.

It runs for a while, (installing devices, etc)

It finds a plug and play monitor, asks for drivers, then moves to Installing Network, Completing Installation, Installing Start Menu items, Registering components, runs cmdlines.txt, etc. The system reboots, starts XP, then blue screens and starts the Blue screen/Reboot loop cycle.

Plan B is to add the Intel driver installation to the cmdlines.txt. (i have it running a script then), and let it install the drivers as needed. I just don't know why they don't work.

The system reboots, starts XP, then blue screens and starts the Blue screen/Reboot loop cycle.

Which BSOD STOP error you get?

jaclaz

0x0000007B (0xF78B2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000,0x00000000)

I used the Intel Installation of the drivers, no luck. I'm stumped.

Maybe you've got a wrong version.

Try asking for help in the referenced thread Fernando 1 is a real expert on the matter, and has solved a number of problematic cases.

jaclaz