WINNT.SIF + F6

[Incroyable HULK]

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!

[Alanoll]

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.

[Incroyable HULK]

thanks, i'll try without the OEMPreInstall parameter...

I get some machine once in a while where I need to do F6...

[buletov]

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.

[Incroyable HULK]

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 ?

[buletov]

yeah there, but also throw them also in Windows\System32\drivers

won't hurt if there are multiple instances, since ussualy some goes to 'system32' and some to 'drivers'

[Acheron]

I have an working winnt.sif file used in combination with an unattended nlited XPCD which allows me to press F6

Do 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

[Incroyable HULK]

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?

[Acheron]

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?

[Incroyable HULK]

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