sata drivers

[janzo]

I am in the process of building a unattended install and need to have as many drivers as possible included in the load. I have been trying to find the drivers listed in the xpcreate cab file. Does anyone one have a complete set of all the drivers that the cab file references that I can get. It would save me a great deal of time which I currentlly have very little of.

Thanks

Tom

[Bilou_Gateux]

PCI Vendor and Device Lists

Extract all OEM files from the cab archive

for each file, search in the database:

A320RAID.OEM

[SCSI]
A320RAID = "XPCREATE A320RAID SATA/RAID Driver." 

[SourceDisksFiles]
A320RAID.SYS = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 

[SCSI.load]
A320RAID = A320RAID.SYS,4 

[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_9005&DEV_00c4 = "A320RAID" 
PCI\VEN_9005&DEV_8011 = "A320RAID"

retrieve the infos:

VEN_9005 = Adaptec

DEV_8011 = Ultra320 SCSI Controller

and search in the existing topics:

Updated SATA Driver List

[GreenMachine]

Welcome, janzo, to MSFN!

I do not have the "complete set" of those drivers: you may want to use one of the Driver Packs in the Device Drivers Forum. I do not, however, recommend addin as many drivers as you can get your hands on, as there can be conflicts, especially where some different drivers use the same PCI PnP ID.

Good Luck!

[mdes]

I have a "Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Controller":

* Should I put the drivers in DRIVERDIR and modify the OEMPnPDriversPath setting in WINNT.SIF with

DOPATH=NO (YES for XP to modify itself the OEMPnPDriversPath setting in WINNT.SIF)

DOSATA=NO

DRIVERDIR=$OEM$\$1\DRIVERS

* Or should I not put the drivers in DRIVERDIR and

DOPATH=NO

DOSATA=YES

DRIVERDIR=$OEM$\$1\DRIVERS

XPCREATE supports this controller, so, I'm not sure that I have to put the drivers in DRIVERDIR

I suppose that:

* DOPATH is only used when I give the drivers and want XPCREATE to modify my WINNY.SIF, and

* DRIVERDIR is only used when I give my drivers.

* DOSATA is only used when XPCREATE use its own drivers (XPCREATE.CAB)

Is that correct?

[BeenThereB4]

You must add the actual drivers yourself. I use FilesCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\SI3112 and place the actual drivers there. Modify winnt.sif with:

 [Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemPreinstall=No
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    Hibernate=0
    UnattendSwitch="Yes"
    OEMPnPDriversPath="Drivers\si3112"

For some reason, I'm able to integrate drivers like this but you should set OemPreinstall=Yes

Here is what I have in xpcreate.ini:

DOPATH=NO
DOSATA=YES
DOSVCPACK=YES
DRIVERDIR=$OEM$\$1\DRIVERS

I know this works because I just used it within a few days.

[mdes]

You must add the actual drivers yourself. I use FilesCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\SI3112 and place the actual drivers there. Modify winnt.sif with:

[Unattended]
    OEMPnPDriversPath="Drivers\si3112"

Here is what I have in xpcreate.ini:

DOSATA=YES
DRIVERDIR=$OEM$\$1\DRIVERS

If I add my own drivers, there should be no need to write DOSATA=YES in XPCREATE.IN because this line tells XPCREATE do add its own drivers

[GreenMachine]

@mdes:

Number Two is the correct answer

* Or should I not put the drivers in DRIVERDIR and

DOPATH=NO

DOSATA=YES

DRIVERDIR=$OEM$\$1\DRIVERS

XPCREATE does not supply the drivers, just the information needed to integrate the drivers, based on the drivers found in DRIVERSDIR.

[mdes]

@mdes:

Number Two is the correct answer

* Or should I not put the drivers in DRIVERDIR and

DOPATH=NO

DOSATA=YES

DRIVERDIR=$OEM$\$1\DRIVERS

XPCREATE does not supply the drivers, just the information needed to integrate the drivers, based on the drivers found in DRIVERSDIR.

And I suppose that I have to modify WINNT.SIF by adding this?

OEMPnPDriversPath="Drivers\3112;Drivers\3112r"

as you said here

EDIT: Yes, it works

[GreenMachine]

You beat me to it!

Or, I suppose, you could have set DOPATH=YES, and let XPCREATE modify WINNT.SIF. Either way ...