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Re: UNATTENDED WINDOWS 2K/XP/2K3 INSTALLATIONS

Slipstreamable driver packs to slipstream inside bootable windows images.
(Assist unnatended installations in hardware detection and installation.)

Available packs:

Chipset
CPU
Graphics A
Graphics B
Graphics C
LAN
MassStorage
Sound A
Sound B
WLAN

http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/

There are also dozens of custom-built ones, like HP and Cannon Printer driver packs, Modem, TV cards and Webcams, phones etc.

http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewforum.php?id=13

The following application is needed to select and perform the slipstreaming - it supports both the official and custombuilt ones, as long as they're correctly configured:

DriverPacks BASE


After extracting/installing BASE, the official packs go under 'DriverPacks' directory, and the custom ones go under '3rd party DriverPacks' directory.

Creating your own pack should be straightforward enough, there are many guides around. However the directory structure is a bit weird and requires the use of single capital letters (eg. P for Printers, N for NVIDIA) for categories and companies, due to filename/directory length restrictions, if I understood correctly..


Code:
+ D
      |--+ 3
            |--+ DriverPack root dir
                 |--+ sub1
                       |--+ subsubA
                       |--+ subsubB
                 |--+ sub2
                       |--+ subsubX

Code:
+ D => root directory for ALL DriverPacks
         |--+ 3 => root directory for 3rd party DriverPacks
               |--+ B => *B*roadband
                     |--+ M => *M*otorola
                           |--+ 1 => first Motorola broadband driver
                           |--+ 2 => second Motorola broandband driver
                           |--+ n => n-th Motorola broandband driver
                     |--+ W => *W*hatever
                           |--+ RoxorBroadBandModem


TUTORIAL
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?pid=5


For 3rd Party driverpacks, the layout is:

+D
---+3
------+B = Broadband Pack
------+C = SmartCard Readers
------+IN = Input Pack (aka HID)
------+M = Modem Pack
------+Mo = Monitor Pack
------+P = Printer Packs
------+SC = Scanner Pack
------+T = TV Pack
------+TS = Touch Screen
------+U = USB Pack
------+V = Virtual Pack (aka VMware)
------+WC = WebCam Pack
------+X = Misc Pack

Advice - if you use ONE driverpack, use the MassStorage one - saves huge time in all new SATA-based windows setups and downgrades. Personally tested on HP and Fujitsu Siemens Laptops and Desktops with no problems at all. Before I found the DriverPacks site I manually created an ICH8 SATA Driver floppy disk each time, and passed it via USB floppy to the WINXP installer (F6 button). Now I just sit back and enjoy.

If the HP Printer pack (yet untested by me) works fine too I can die a happy man.

Future project is a complete Fujitsu Siemens DriverPack, for ESPRIMO/CELCIUS/AMILO/SCENIC PCs & another one for their SERVER line. Should be huge but one 4.7GB DVD shoud do it..