Incroyable HULK Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Is it possible to use an answer file and still be able to hit F6 during the installation process to load Device Drivers? I KNOW, I won't get my $OEM$ folder copied over so I won't have my drivers + my application installed with RunOnceEx BUT it is still better than nothing when you must load a new or specific driver to install. I ALSO KNOW that there is some method to integrate MassStorageDrivers into my installation BUT this is not what I want. The purpose of this is when you have only 1 computer that need special drivers and I don't want to modify my Unattended Setup only for 1 Installation...EDIT: WOW! NOW I GOT A STAR! Woohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 I believe a simple SEARCH would enlighten your mind.I think it's a combination of OEMPreInstall and UnattendSwitch or something along those lines that disables the F6 to work.On a side, if it's only one system, why don't you just use nLite as it will integrate the driver for you? I know you said you don't want to, but the time it takes for you to figure out what line in WINNT.SIF is causing the problem, it would be faster just to integrate your drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 thanks, i'll try without the OEMPreInstall parameter...I get some machine once in a while where I need to do F6... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buletov Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 well, tehnically you CAN use F6, but after reboot you should go to recovery console (using F10) any manually copy driver files (which ones you of course noted when setup complained about missing them)....worked for me once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 humm... interesting to know So you go to recovery console after the first reboot and then copy those files from the floppy drive to Windows\System32 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buletov Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 yeah there, but also throw them also in Windows\System32\driverswon't hurt if there are multiple instances, since ussualy some goes to 'system32' and some to 'drivers' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acheron Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I have an working winnt.sif file used in combination with an unattended nlited XPCD which allows me to press F6Do you mind if I post it here:;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[Unattended] DisableDynamicUpdates=Yes UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemPreinstall=Yes OemSkipEula=Yes Repartition=No FileSystem=* UnattendSwitch=Yes WaitForReboot=No DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore TargetPath=\WINDOWS OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\001_nvidia_display;Drivers\002_realtek_lan;Drivers\003_cmedia_audio;Drivers\004_medion_tv;"[GuiUnattended] OemSkipWelcome=1 AdminPassword=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes DetachedProgram=autoit3.exe Arguments="%systemdrive%\transparent.au3" AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=105[Shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile="%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\WURPSDark.theme" DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes[SystemFileProtection] SFCQuota=0 SFCScan=0 SFCDisable=ffffff9d[UserData] ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXX FullName="Klaas Nekeman" OrgName="" ComputerName=Boven[Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1280 YResolution=1024 Vrefresh=75[TapiLocation] CountryCode=31 Dialing=Tone[RegionalSettings] Language = 0413 LanguageGroup = 1 SystemLocale = 0413 UserLocale = 0413 UserLocale_DefaultUser = 0413[Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes[URL] Home_Page=http://www.google.nl/[Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=0[Identification] JoinWorkgroup=Thuis[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No[NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1[NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient[NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER[NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP[params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=Yes UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=Yes AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 This looks just like my Winnt.sif...I can hit F6 than add drivers during the installation process BUT a few minutes later, Setup will give an error message about being unable to read the files... (at first I tought my Floppy drive was broken! like most of us )So are you sure your CD actually works with F6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acheron Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I don't know. I have no Raid or SATA-devices in my PC.Here's what I see when I press F6:When pressing E:Do you see this screens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted October 29, 2004 Author Share Posted October 29, 2004 Yeah, sort of, It was long ago... and I can't understant your language! even if you don't have Raid or SATA-devices in your PC you can try to add anything but as I told it won't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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