RIS hanging at 'Setup is inspecting..."

[Steve.mccall]

Hi,

I'm back!

I'm having a few problems getting RIS to work with different drivers. Here is my current .sif file that works fine with one hardware configuration...

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
	AutoPartition=1
	MsDosInitiated="1"
	UnattendedInstall="Yes"
	floppyless="1"
	OriSrc = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"
	OriTyp="4"
	LocalSourceOnCD=1

[SetupData]
	OsLoadOptions="/noguiboot /fastdetect"
	SetupSourceDevice = "\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"

[Unattended]
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	OemPreinstall=yes
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS
	FileSystem=LeaveAlone
	NtUpgrade=No
	OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade=No
	OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_chipset\IntelINF;Drivers\001_network\Marvell;Drivers\002_graphics\Intel;Drivers\003_audio;Drivers\004_SATA"
	DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
	ExtendOEMPartition = 0
	InstallFilesPath = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"
	LegacyNIC = 1

[GuiUnattended]
	AdminPassword="bogbrain"
	EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
	DefaultDomainName="claimtec"
	AutoAdminLogon=1
	AutoLogon=Yes
	AutoLogonCount=3
	OEMSkipRegional=1
	TimeZone=%TIMEZONE%
	OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
	ProductKey=xx
	FullName="Steve McCall"
	OrgName="xx"
	ComputerName=%MACHINENAME%

[Display]
	BitsPerPel=32
	Xresolution=1024
	YResolution=768
	Vrefresh=60

[RegionalSettings]
	LanguageGroup=1
	SystemLocale=00000809
	UserLocale=00000809
	InputLocale=0809:00000809

[SetupMgr]
	DistFolder=C:\windist
	DistShare=windist

[GuiRunOnce]
	Command0=%systemdrive%\install\Commands\%BUILDTYPE%.cmd
	command1=%systemdrive%\install\Commands\shutdown.cmd


[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=No
	ProcessPageSections=Yes

[NetAdapters]
	Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
	INFID=*

[NetClients]
	MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
	MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER

[NetProtocols]
	MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
	DNS=No
	UseDomainNameDevolution=No
	EnableLMHosts=Yes
	AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
	SpecificTo=Adapter1
	DHCP=Yes
	DNSServerSearchOrder=xx
	WINS=No
	NetBIOSOptions=0

[Identification]
	DomainAdmin = xx
	DomainAdminPassword = xx
	JoinDomain=CLAIMTEC
	DoOldStyleDomainJoin=Yes

[RemoteInstall]
	Repartition=Yes
	UseWholeDisk = Yes

[OSChooser]
	Description="Windows XP SP2"
	Help="Installs Windows XP SP2 Setup for GA81945"
	LaunchFile="%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com"
	ImageType=Flat

This works fine as I have the correct drivers in the relevent folders, but when I try to modify the script so it will check in another folder for the drivers...

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_chipset\PE1;Drivers\001_network\PE1;Drivers\002_graphics\PE1;Drivers\003_audio\PE1;Drivers\004_SATA\PE1"

I get stuck at the 'Setup is Inspecting your computers hadware config' screen.

I assume that setup can't find my NIC drivers, or possibly SATA.

Steve

[Ctrl-X]

I assume that setup can't find my NIC drivers, or possibly SATA.

That would generate an error message; it wouldn't cause Setup to hang. I've seen buggy drivers cause this behavior; especially Realtek NIC drivers spring to mind. Start with the working .sif file and change the Drivers subfolders one by one, testing every time, to see if you can pinpoint the offending driver.

[oioldman]

i also remember there being a limit on the number of characters that this line can have and looking at ref.chm, there is;

Important

The length of the OemPnPDriversPath entry in Unattend.txt must not exceed 4096 characters.

but somehow i don't think that is the problem here