integrating ITE 8211 ATA Controller

[mehargags]

I have the ITE 8211controller on my motherbaord Asus p5gd1-vm

Im really Looking forward to merge these drivers into Xp setup so that i dont need to press F6 & Supply the Drivers from floppy

here is till i am

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made the $OEM$\$1\DRIVERS\0_Ite & copied all three Files into it & accordingle edited the winnt.sif File

------In txtsetup.sif file i entered-------

Under the Section

[sourceDisksFiles]

iteatapi.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1

&

iteatapi.sys = 1,,,,,,_x,4,1

[sCSI]

ITEATAPI = "ITE IT8211/8212 ATA/ATAPI Controller"

[sCSI.Load]

iteatapi = iteatapi.sys,4

[HardwareIdsDatabase]

"PCI\VEN_1283&DEV_8211" = iteatapi

"PCI\VEN_1283&DEV_8212" = iteatapi

makecab iteatapi.sys to iteatapi.sy_ & copied both iteatapi.sys & the .sy_ files to the \i386 Folder

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No when i start setup -- the Driver is copied successfully & i have my Hard disks detected, setup checks the Disk, but just before the Copying of files starts it Gives me Error:

The following value in the .SIF file used by Setup is corrupted or missing:

Value 0 on the line in section [sourceDiskFiles] with key "SP2.cab"

Can u pls Guide me on how to Do it properly

Thx

Gagan

[RyanVM]

Have you done any other modifications to your CD? nLite or anything else?

[mehargags]

No --- No midifications at all

after this Post i put

iteatapi.sys in the DRVINDEX.inf

&

d1, iteatapi.sys in the DOSNET.inf

Still i get the same Error

Any ideas ?

[RyanVM]

[SourceDisksFiles]
iteatapi.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1
&
iteatapi.sys = 1,,,,,,_x,4,1

You shouldn't be putting both of these in. Either use iteatapi.sys uncompressed with the first line or use the compressed file and use the second line.

[mehargags]

thx a Million Ryan for pointing that small Mistake Out-- Actually i was copying both .sys & .sy_ files ( to be safe) & was creating an Erroneous Condition.

Given iteatapi.sys = 1,,,,,,_x,4,1 into the txtsetup.sif & copied the cabbed iteatapi.sy_ into the \i386 & was done.

Only one this i was Wondering was that i had read a lot of times(even greenmachine's Guide) that it isinsisted to include raid drivers into $OEM$ structure & using a Winnt.sif file to point to drivers path, else the text mode runs Fine but it fails at the GUI mode of Setup--

But my CD just went Flawless without a Single Hitch.. Can anyone Explain that ??

I dont use any Answer file -- just edited the txtsetup.sif & copied the iteatapi.sy_ file into I386. is that normally enough for other Raid drivers as well -- like Intel ich6 Sata.

[RyanVM]

You might want to check your device manager to make sure you don't have an unknown device. Those files should be in your $OEM$ structure so that Windows can properly install the driver from the INF file.

BTW - I'm pretty sure Bashrat's pack includes support for that controller.

[mehargags]

No, The Device manager is just clean -- & shows my ITE 8211 raid cotroller under the SCSI & Raid section..

So what sh;d i conclude? is it that the Drivers were true plug n play ??

[RyanVM]

Honestly, I'm not sure why that happened. I guess if it works...

[mehargags]

so u mean to say that it sh'd not happen Theorotically ??

coz i wanna be Sure of the Fact incase i face a Failure ion Future sometime