surfertje Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 I want to automate the deployment of windowsxp with WDS and winpe method. When i have a new system from Dell i put the inf files in the c:\dell folder. Then i start a tool called spdrv from vernalex which puts the dell folder in the registry so that sysprep uses that settings and adds the drivers so they will be installed automatically when sysprep runs.With Dell machines there are drivers which containes .inf files but also other files like iss, ini, cab, dll etc. For example video and audio drivers is a whole folder from Dell. The question is: driver scanner scan's only for .inf files but don't i need the other files to be on the system?Where must i put thes files? in the windows folder or in the c:\i386 folder (installpath in my sysprep)? Or is it not nesseairy to put these driver on the client machines?I believe it or all OEM drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enuffsaid Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 $OEM$\$1\Drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfertje Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 $OEM$\$1\DriversBut must i point out somewhere that windows (sysprep) should look in that folder? is it c:\$oem$\$1\driversMust it contain subolders or all files in that folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enuffsaid Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Yes you need to point to the folders in your winnt.sif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfertje Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 Yes you need to point to the folders in your winnt.sifI am sorry. Never heard of winnt.sif. I am using sysprep and startnet.cmd for the booting images.Can you tell me a little more of the procedure with winnt.sif? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew84uk Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Yes you need to point to the folders in your winnt.sifI am sorry. Never heard of winnt.sif. I am using sysprep and startnet.cmd for the booting images.Can you tell me a little more of the procedure with winnt.sif?Read your life away @ the unattended.xp guide: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfertje Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 Yes you need to point to the folders in your winnt.sifI am sorry. Never heard of winnt.sif. I am using sysprep and startnet.cmd for the booting images.Can you tell me a little more of the procedure with winnt.sif?Read your life away @ the unattended.xp guide: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/Ok. I have read the document. But so i understand: i can use either winnt.sif and/ or sysprep.inf to make a unattended installation. I use sysprep wih success except where to put all the driverfiles so that they will be automatically install with new hardware.In the document link says that winnt.sif is when install from cd/dvd etc. but this isn't the case. What is the advantage of using winnt.sif and not sysprep.exe? Or am i wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboommusic Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Yes you need to point to the folders in your winnt.sifI am sorry. Never heard of winnt.sif. I am using sysprep and startnet.cmd for the booting images.Can you tell me a little more of the procedure with winnt.sif?Read your life away @ the unattended.xp guide: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/Ok. I have read the document. But so i understand: i can use either winnt.sif and/ or sysprep.inf to make a unattended installation. I use sysprep wih success except where to put all the driverfiles so that they will be automatically install with new hardware.In the document link says that winnt.sif is when install from cd/dvd etc. but this isn't the case. What is the advantage of using winnt.sif and not sysprep.exe? Or am i wrong?Hi,You use sysprep.inf to automate Windows Imaging process.You use winnt.sif to automate Windows Installation process.For your help...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314479and read deploy.chm on your windows CD in \Tools\deploy.cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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