barnold Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 Hi,I'm using Nlite to create an unattended install of XP with SP3 on multiple hardware models. My question pertains to the driver installation order that Nlite uses.In the "official guide" ( http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/34/) it says when you are installing drivers via winnt.sif to name the driver folders starting with numbers to assure that they are installed numerically in the correct order like this:000_chipset001_network002_graphics003_tv_out004_sound005_monitor 006_keyboard007_mouse008_and_so_onAs I said I am using Nlite for this disk (not winnt.sif) and want to know if I still need to name the folders in this order. Currently my disk is working well on multiple hardware models and I did not put much thought into the folder order because Nlite doesn't appear to care what order I put them in. In the i386\NLDRV folder nlite has a bunch of folders: 001, 002, and so on.. but the order is completely random (i.e. 001 is a storage driver, 002 - 004 are audio drivers, 005 is a network driver, then there is a storage driver a few folders later, etc) My folder structure is in alphabetical order because thats how Windows likes themAudioNetworkStorageUSB VideoI purposely have not included any chipset or cpu drivers because i don't want to take a chance and hose my disk (which is working well so far) by accidentally implementing them in the wrong order.From what I have read it is important that the chipset driver be installed first. If I change to a numerical folder structure and add a chipset folder I might change it to look something like this:000_chipset001_storage002_network003_graphics004_sound005_usbI guess my questions are: 1) Do I need to use the numerical folder structure if I'm using Nlite?2) Does Nlite even care about the folder structure?3) If Nlite doesn't care about the folder structure, is it smart enough to install the chipset drivers first?4) Does the above folder order look good?Thanks!brian
Martin H Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) I don't really know about nLite, i must confess, but with methods like winnt.sif and such, then adding numbers infront of the foldernames won't change the install order, as Windows setup dosen't install drivers in a "folder-name" chronological order like that...Hint: You can check '%windir%\setupapi.log' for the actual install-order of the drivers... Edited January 30, 2009 by Martin H
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