neuro42 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I started trying this, but most of it does not workNothing goes to the temp file.Instead you can go to the Windows\Installer folder and pull the MSI'sHowever I am stuck running hte batch file method. Since I have an AMD processor I have to install the AGP driver and the SmartGART drivers before the ati program. I would say it could work even with an AMD, but since I ran into massive errors on my first install, I am going to have to do it differently.Thanks for the great info EDIT:I Just looked at your sig, we have **** near identical systemsI am running a 2400, on a A7N8x rev 2 board with 320GB of maxtor drives and 1and a quarted GB of RAMGonna have to try and wrap my brain around this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaspin Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 when are you running the batch file?I use OEMPnPPath for the base drivers, then run the driver setup (for SmartGart) and the CPanel Setup using RunOnceEx with the /K switch. Works great for me.As for "extracting" the drivers, I guess they changed their compression method and you can no longer open the downloaded files with winrar. I just downloaded the individual packages, then ran the exe and it asks where you want extract files to, then it extracts the files and runs the setup. just cancel the setup, and the extracted files will still be in the specified location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted December 30, 2004 Author Share Posted December 30, 2004 my drivers are perfectly installed i suppose is because you run installation before runonce, did you run it from cmdlines?try to install at a later point on windows setup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neuro42 Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Ahh, thanks for the info.Yeha I am going back to the runonce method.I tried beingtricky last time and loading hte agp/smartgart during hte driver install. Think I should just do it all at runonce.ECHO.ECHO Installing ATI Catalyst SoftwareECHO Please Waitstart /wait %systemdrive%\install\ATI\Setup.exe -sJust going to go back to this method thoughIt stinks that I cant test it in VMware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted December 31, 2004 Author Share Posted December 31, 2004 It stinks that I cant test it in VMware it's the worst thing about catalyst, if card is not present then drivers won't be installed ... but an advantage for people using their unattended cds with different machines and hardwares ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 There are 2 'easy' solutions: (in fact 3)1. De-attach all harddisks temporarily and use a spare (small) one for testing purposes.2. Create an extra partition, only for testing. I'd recommend also to use a bootmanager. (so you don't have to edit your boot.ini over and over again)3. Buy a spare computer B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neuro42 Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Well the third is not really an option if I am looking to create a UA cd for this system I think I might just be trying to do too much. Istarteed creating an XP bootableThat workedThen an XPSP2 bootable and that workedInstead of trying to make a UA XPSP2 Bootable I went straight to making a super CD with about 20 appz included a 6KB registry tweak etc etcSince CDs are cheap (and I even have 1 CDRW) I should have built up to it.make a driver pack XPSP2 bootableThen work on incorporating my themes and soundsthen add reg tweaksthen add appzthat why I could better diagnose the errors.sigh.... If this super DVD does not work I will try it that way LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afterdawn Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 why check 4 times for the atiddc.dll file?this is a lot "cleaner": IF EXIST %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\atiddc.dll (reg add everything and more..!and do lots of stuff hereyou can even add commands here;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted January 4, 2005 Author Share Posted January 4, 2005 (edited) @Afterdawn and why not? (j/k) your code is shorter that's ok but doesn't matter if you check it 1 or 4 times Edited January 4, 2005 by SiMoNsAyS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afterdawn Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Well.. because the file may not be there the 3rd or 4th time you'll check it! I'll bet you like to program like this :if (boolean1 == true) boolean2 = true;if (boolean1 == false) boolean2 = false)Maybe I'm just a perfectionist.. yes that's it. I am going crazy to make the perfect unattended CD... I spend hours (if not days) to search for a specific registry tweak in order to replace the manual work (which costs me less then minute to perform i guess). I'm nutts! But i can't help it! I *must* create perfect unattended CD! Cannot stop anymore... it's tooo late now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Well.. because the file may not be there the 3rd or 4th time you'll check it!I'll bet you like to program like this :if (boolean1 == true) boolean2 = true;if (boolean1 == false) boolean2 = false)Maybe I'm just a perfectionist.. yes that's it. I am going crazy to make the perfect unattended CD... I spend hours (if not days) to search for a specific registry tweak in order to replace the manual work (which costs me less then minute to perform i guess). I'm nutts! But i can't help it! I *must* create perfect unattended CD! Cannot stop anymore... it's tooo late now!hehehehe Welcome to my world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Snow Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Drivers 5.1 are out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 thx for the info lucius downloadfixedrelease notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coucou Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Hi SiMoN,Finally with the 5.1 rev, do we need to play the guide or just using the /K switch ??? with a commad line in RunOnceEx like REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\ATI\wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-09-041221m-020455c.exe /K" /f Does anyone tested the /K switch working???Regardscoucou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 @coucou sorry but you can, the file you're using is a package that contains the main installation. notice after executing the folder ATI on your %systemdrive%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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