Need SCSI drivers while installing XP w/out floppy

[hari_seldon99]

Hi,

I have a properly licensed copy of winxp pro that I need to install in my PC computer ( I do not have any version of windows installed at present, only Linux, partitions etc are all ready with a nice fat32 reserved for windoze, which the installer will convert to NTFS I suppose). My machine has a SCSI hdd on an SIIG AP-20 scsi controller. Problem is that windows installer CD does not have drivers for that card, so, I guess I have to press 'F6' during the setup and it should load the drivers from a driver floppy (which I've made). Problem is that my floppy controller had malfunctioned some time ago and this will probably not work. I dunno much abt windows (I'm mainly a heathen infidel Linux user , which did not have any problems 'coz most linux cd's already have drivers for this card ) so I was wondering is an alternative way is possible, like:

Can the windows installer CD detect USB floppy drives (provided my BIOS does), or

Can I remaster the required SCSI drivers into the windows installer CD somehow. If so, then is there a howto somewhere?

I'd appreciate any advice on this matter.

Thanks for your attention.

Regards,

AR

[chilifrei64]

I myself do not use nlite but when I was playing around with it.. i think i can recall something along the lines of integrating drivers..

If not.. there is a way through editing some files that will allow you to integrate them for boot time use

[InTheWayBoy]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think you can use a USB floppy...

[lamaq]

Yes it is possible to integrate SCSI drivers, take a look at this forum - http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=88 or go directly to Bashrat's page - http://www.driverpacks.net/

[hari_seldon99]

Yes it is possible to integrate SCSI drivers, take a look at this forum - http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=88 or go directly to Bashrat's page - http://www.driverpacks.net/

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks. I'm a bit confused by the instructions in the howtos and was wondering if you guys could set me straight.

The howto I'm following is here:

http://greenmachine.msfnhosting.com/READING/addraid.htm

I ripped the contents of the winxp install cd into an ISO image and uncompressed it into a directory.

In step one, I have to add sourcediskfiles, hardwareidsdatabase and scsi.load & scsi parameters to the

txtsetup.sif file in the i386 directory. I looked at the driver INF files for my SCSI controller (I have the files posted on http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~daneel/AP20/ )

I can't seem to locate all the relevant sections to enter into the txtsetup.sif file. The sourcediskfiles section seems to be empty, and the SCSI.* sections seem to be missing.

Also, in step 3, where is the WINNT.SIF file located? I can't seem to fond it.

Please elt me know.

Thanks for your attention.

Regards,

AR