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i want to add my SATA drivers so that they load with all the other drivers when u start the windows setup from a boot cd - the setup with the blue background.

Any help is greatly apreciated - thanx :)

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My guess would to be to somehow add them to the drives.cab file. But I could be wrong.

ill see if i can do that - thanx for the info! - ill put my results on this thread in about 30mins probably :)

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Wouldn't messing with the drivers.cab break the digital signature in the archive?

erm, i have no idea - i didnt know it had a digital signiture, but i figure windows wont load the file without that signiture? :)

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This is a long way, but the best way to add drivers !

-replace ???? with the name of your driver/file

1.open i386/txtsetup.sif

2.under section

[sourceDisksFiles.x86]

insert this line exactly!!:

????.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4

3.search for PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_4D33 = "ultra"

insert a similarly line with infos from your inf-file

alter it to PCI\VEN_????&DEV_???? = "????"

4.search for ultra= ultra.sys,4

insert a line ????= ????.sys,4

5.search for [sCSI]

insert a line ????="Name of the Controller"

6.save txtsetup.sf

7.create $OEM$ and $1-folder

8.copy only WHQL drivers to the $1-folder

Example:

txtsetup.sif for promise fasttrak:

[sourceDisksFiles.x86]

FASTTRAK.SYS = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4

...

PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_4D33 = "ultra"

PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_5275.DeviceDesc="Promise FastTrak TX2000 Controller (PDC20276)"

...

ultra = ultra.sys,4

fasttrak = fasttrak.sys,4

...

[sCSI]

fasttrak = "Promise FastTrak TX2000 Controller (PDC20276)"

:)

You can add as much as you want.

You can use this txtsetup.sif also on systems without this controller.

Good luck

or read this Other Folders for $OEM§

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What about the i386/HIVESYS.INF does this need any editing?

i have no idea, but i really want to get that '$OEM$\$1\Textmode dir working cos that would be the easiest if there's just some kind of switch to tell windows that you want it to use that dir - i.e: useTextmodeDir = Yes - if only it were that easy :)

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