problems loading scsi drivers during unattended setup

[peterb]

Hi Group,

Last week i had 2 install 12 workstations with adaptec raid cards
(2110s) in WinXp Pro. Installing the first computer i had 2 load the
raid drivers from floppy during bootup pressing the F6 key.
So i decided to burn an unnatended setup cd with all the drivers
incorporated.
I followed the unattended guidelines on msdn but i had no succes :-(
I always end up with the error : the line dpt2io in the unattend
script file does not exist in the [scsi] section of the INF file
txtsetup.sif.

ANY help on this would be greatly appreciated TIA

PeterB

These are my entrys in the winnt.sif file

the files are in \i386\$OEM$\Textmode and
\I386\$OEM$\$1\PnPdrvrs\Storage

[MassStorageDrivers]
dpti2o="Adaptec I2O RAID Adapters for Windows 2000 & XP 32bit"

[OEMBootFiles]
DPT_I2O
dpti2o.sys
DPTI2O.CAT
EUROLGC.INF
oemsetup.inf
adptmgt.inf
TRANS.TBL
TXTSETUP.OEM

[Data]
AutoPartition=0
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
OEMPnPDriversPath = "PnPdrvrs\Storage;PnPdrvrs\Net"
TargetPath=\WINDOWS



These are the entrys in the adaptec oemsetup.txt file from whom i took
the [MassStorageDrivers] entry

[Disks]
d1 = "Adaptec I2O RAID Adapter Driver Disk for Windows 2000 & XP
32bit", \dpt_i2o, \

[Defaults]
scsi = dpti2o

[scsi]
dpti2o = "Adaptec I2O RAID Adapters for Windows 2000 & XP 32bit"

[Files.scsi.dpti2o]
driver = d1, dpti2o.sys, dpti2o
;catalog = d1, dpti2o.cat
inf = d1, oemsetup.inf
inf = d1, adptmgt.inf

[Config.dpti2o]
value = "", Type, REG_DWORD, 1
value = "", Start, REG_DWORD, 0
value = "", Group, REG_SZ, "SCSI miniport"
value = "", ErrorControl, REG_DWORD, 1
value = Parameters\Device, NumberOfRequests, REG_DWORD, 040

[HardwareIds.scsi.dpti2o]
id = "PCI\VEN_1044&DEV_A501&SUBSYS_C0011044", "dpti2o"
etc
etc
etc

 

[Andrew E]

The only time scsi drivers were "asked to be installed"
or viewed info.on raid,was during a boot to the xp cd.
Install cd,reboot,boot to xp cd,during set up the text
will appear,for scsi or raid drivers press any key.Then
you would install from the floppy disk.

 

[Patrick J. LoPresti]

I think you are a little confused...

You require both a winnt.sif file (under i386) and a txtsetup.oem file
(under i386\$oem$\textmode).

The MassStorageDrivers setting you need in winnt.sif is:

[MassStorageDrivers]
"Adaptec I2O RAID Adapters for Windows 2000 & XP 32bit" = OEM

The "OEM" tells Windows Setup to look in txtsetup.oem for details
about the driver. You probably want to copy oemsetup.txt to
txtsetup.oem, and possibly edit it slightly as well.

I suggest you read:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=288344

And also:

http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00107.html

For a system which will can automate some of this for you, see
<http://unattended.sourceforge.net/>.

- Pat