Incroyable HULK Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Hello Everyone,i'm pretty much surprised how much it is adictive to play with unattended installation... Ok, so here is my question: Is there a common way to proceed when playing with drivers package? Let me explain with an example.1- Let's start with a driver package... let's say this one: Intel Graphic Driver2- Using WinRAR, I can extract the files from the .exe package3- Then with common sense, I can figure out that the only folder I should keep is the one nammed Win2000.4- Now I can put this folder inside my $OEM$ folder and put the proper reference in my Winnt.sifMaybe this example was easy but sometimes with other package you get tons of folders and sub-folders + some .cab files + other unknown files...you get my idea.What I know for sure is that I must keep the .dll + .sys + .infI'd like to get your tricks, opinions and experience on this matter, any input would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 i would say, its almost essential to understand INF's if your wanting 2 do that, so u can see wat files are being moved/deleted/copied to where, thus seeing 1's u dont need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 Let's say we take a look at my example, in my folder Win2000, Would it be possible to delete all .lhp & .lrc files other than english?should I remove theses entry in the .inf file (keeping only english) or I can leave them there?[Resource.Copy]igfxrara.lrc ; Arabic language resource fileigfxrarb.lrc ; Arabic language resource fileigfxrchs.lrc ; Simplified Chinese language resource fileigfxrcht.lrc ; Traiditional Chinese language resource fileigfxrdan.lrc ; Danish language resource fileigfxrdeu.lrc ; German language resource fileigfxreng.lrc ; UK English language resource fileigfxresp.lrc ; Spanish language resource fileigfxrfin.lrc ; Finish language resource fileigfxrfra.lrc ; French language resource fileigfxrfrc.lrc ; French Canadian language resource fileigfxrheb.lrc ; Hebrew Language Resource fileigfxrita.lrc ; Italian language resource fileigfxrjpn.lrc ; Japanese language resource fileigfxrkor.lrc ; Korean language resource fileigfxrnld.lrc ; Netherland language resource fileigfxrnor.lrc ; Norwegian language resource fileigfxrplk.lrc ; Polish language resource fileigfxrptb.lrc ; Brazilian Portugese language resource fileigfxrptg.lrc ; Portugese language resource fileigfxrrus.lrc ; Russian language resource fileigfxrsve.lrc ; Sweedish language resource fileigfxrtha.lrc ; Thai language resource fileigfxrcsy.lrc ; Czechoslovakian language resource fileigfxrell.lrc ; Greek language resource fileigfxrhun.lrc ; Hungarian language resource fileigfxrtrk.lrc ; Turkish language resource file[Help.Copy]igfxhara.lhp ; Arabic language help fileigfxharb.lhp ; Arabic language help fileigfxhchs.lhp ; Simplified Chinese language help fileigfxhcht.lhp ; Traditional Chinese language help fileigfxhdan.lhp ; Danish language help fileigfxhdeu.lhp ; German language help fileigfxheng.lhp ; UK English language help fileigfxhesp.lhp ; Spanish language help fileigfxhfin.lhp ; Finish language help fileigfxhfra.lhp ; French language help fileigfxhfrc.lhp ; French Canadian language help fileigfxhheb.lhp ; Hebrew Language help fileigfxhita.lhp ; Italian language help fileigfxhjpn.lhp ; Japanese language help fileigfxhkor.lhp ; Korean language help fileigfxhnld.lhp ; Netherland language help fileigfxhnor.lhp ; Norwegian language help fileigfxhplk.lhp ; Polish language help fileigfxhptb.lhp ; Brazilian Portugese help resource fileigfxhptg.lhp ; Portugese language help fileigfxhrus.lhp ; Russian language help fileigfxhsve.lhp ; Sweedish language help fileigfxhtha.lhp ; Thai language help fileigfxhcsy.lhp ; Czechoslovakian language help fileigfxhell.lhp ; Greek language help fileigfxhhun.lhp ; Hungarian language help fileigfxhtrk.lhp ; Turkish language help file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 I hope you DO know that WHQL Driver Signing will be broken?Bâshrat the Sneaky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted October 14, 2004 Author Share Posted October 14, 2004 Oh, I didn't knew that... thanks Bâshrat So if I don't edit the inf file, can I still delete those useless language files from the folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Oh, I didn't knew that... thanks Bâshrat So if I don't edit the inf file, can I still delete those useless language files from the folder?Well, it MIGHT work, but you would have to do AFTER installing the driver, because the driver checks if all files are present (at least in my experience).But what's your point? Do these files really take this much space? Or is it kind of 'xtreme tweaking' ?Bâshrat the Sneaky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 Well it's about 6Mo of language files... kind of big. Anyway, my point is to better understand Drivers Files but also to save space. My biggest problem is when I get a driver pack with many folders and a lot of files... what can I delete for sure? the setup.exe is probably useless and many other.I started this topic so people could share they're experiment and expertise.Maybe I was hopping someone would come up and say: Well kid, all you have to keep is the .dll + .sys + .inf + .cab and you'll be fine! or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gresh Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Look at this topic:Nvidia Driver Delete Some Files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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