turbomcp Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 is there alimit to OemPnPDriversPath??????????i mean can i add 4 lines to itcause with all drivers packs its avery long line to put in one lineif acouple of lines can be placed its easier no?is it even possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visaversa Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 4096 characters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 You can try to shorten paths by changing the name of the folder "Drivers" to for example "D", this saves ALOT of space! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 And also, direct folders (instead of sorted) help if you have too many drivers (beyond 4096 characters).Instead of:D|-gfx |--intel |--nVidia |--ATiYou can have:D |-intel |-nVidia |-ATiBut don't worry, it will take a lot of time before you fill up the 4096 chars space, and need to look for ways to accommodate more drivers. Unless you use this method for VERY big commercial establishments, (or if you use Bashrat's driverpacks, LOL ). If you are using driver-packs from anywhere, prune the list to only have what you need to support - hardware which you know your users will never use, don't need to be supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 And also, direct folders (instead of sorted) help if you have too many drivers (beyond 4096 characters).Instead of:D|-gfx |--intel |--nVidia |--ATiYou can have:D |-intel |-nVidia |-ATiBut don't worry, it will take a lot of time before you fill up the 4096 chars space, and need to look for ways to accommodate more drivers. Unless you use this method for VERY big commercial establishments, (or if you use Bashrat's driverpacks, LOL ). If you are using driver-packs from anywhere, prune the list to only have what you need to support - hardware which you know your users will never use, don't need to be supported. This is also why I called all subfolders "1", "2", etc. to save space! And also why I had to add a list of where you can find which driver.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr0digal jenius Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 basically - if you need voer 4096 characters.....you need to chill with the USB ports....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickb Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 why not modify your .inf files ???I place all my lan inf files in the root of (lets say) LAN and let the .inf files search for the right drivers in their subfolders.only one section in your file need to be modified, works like a charmexample broadcom drivers[sourceDisksNames]1 = %DISK_DESC%,,,\BROADCOM_01example winnt.sif[unattended] UnattendMode=ReadOnly OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes OemPnPDriversPath="install\drivers\storage;install\drivers\chipset;install\drivers\lan;install\drivers\flash;install\drivers\modem;install\drivers\sound;install\drivers\video" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore TargetPath=\WINDOWS UnattendSwitch=yes WaitForReboot=No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 why not modify your .inf files ???I place all my lan inf files in the root of (lets say) LAN and let the .inf files search for the right drivers in their subfolders.only one section in your file need to be modified, works like a charmWHQL won't work anymore! And sometimes that gives trouble... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 why not modify your .inf files ???good idea...... But then, your driver signing is violated (I know, you can set winnt.sif to ignore signing, but still I wouldn't do it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickb Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Why should that give any problems ???Most of the drivers i use aren't digitally signedbut anyway, thank guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Thanks to serialzs there isn't a limit anymore! linkgrtz,Bâshrat the Sneaky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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