[BM]Crusher Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 is there any way to add extra drivers into the existing drivers.cab so that we don't have to use the $OEM$ structure for installing the drivers using OemPnPDriversPath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 *crickets chirping*It would be nice if possible because it would greatly cut down on size (uncompressed drivers take up so much more space it's ridiculous). However, I'm sure adding them to drivers.cab would add other unforseen complexities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 *crickets chirping*It would be nice if possible because it would greatly cut down on size (uncompressed drivers take up so much more space it's ridiculous). However, I'm sure adding them to drivers.cab would add other unforseen complexities Just being curious...Why wouldn't it work? What would be the consequences??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 I'm attempting the DetachedProgram method right now (as in, VirtualPC is ripping away at it ) with a self-extracting RAR archive. It ended up with a compression ratio of 5:1 (from 105MB to a bit over 21MB). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskren Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 I suppose you could have problems (setup aborting) using unsigned drivers, but its an interesting idea.You might have to re-checksum driver.cab again as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 For what it's worth, DetachedProgram works like charm. The RAR archive self-extracts as soon as GUI setup loads and Windows setup waits to continue until after it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskren Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Well, looking in driver.cab...there's no INF files. Mostly DLL, INI, GPD, and SYS. It appears that \i386\DRVINDEX.INF contains a list of all the files contained in driver.cab and sp1.cab, but there's no install information contained in this file, just a list of file names. Where/how does Windows figure out which driver in driver.cab goes with which hardware device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskren Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Nevermind. Here it is:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=16824&st=20According to this post, files extracted from driver.cab are handled by txtsetup.sif. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 For what it's worth, DetachedProgram works like charm. The RAR archive self-extracts as soon as GUI setup loads and Windows setup waits to continue until after it's done.What settings did you use???? I've been trying this too (like 2 months ago) and I couldn't get it to work ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 All the info you need is in the sticky at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 All the info you need is in the sticky at the top.huh? where then???I'm asking what settings YOU have used in your sfx archive... Which sfx-module did you use? Which switch did you use at detachedprogram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Last post on page 3.You're making it too complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 last post on 3d page: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=16824&st=20This is NOT what I'm asking!I'm asking what settings YOU have used in your sfx archive... Which sfx-module did you use? Which switch did you use at detachedprogram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 last post on 3d page: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=16824&st=20This is NOT what I'm asking!I'm asking what settings YOU have used in your sfx archive... Which sfx-module did you use? Which switch did you use at detachedprogram? You're making it too complicatedI use the default SFX module and the settings I put in my post to be copied/pasted allow it to work WITHOUT switches.EDIT: And that's not even the right thread. Look at the last post on this page.http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=12566&st=20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Thank you!I'm sorry I misunderstood you... And about your Driver compression-thing: I was sooo close thank you for finding it out, got again some space on my CD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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