Re: INF File

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From: Brian Minier (brian_minier_at_no-spam.iisvr.com)
Date: 05/20/04 

Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 15:31:53 -0400

I would suggest you run chkinf on it, it's been very helpful to me in
getting the INF file right. It displays all errors and warnings and is
usually good about being specific enough to get you to the next step.
You'll probably need to install active perl for it.

Brian

"JimE" <jime@NOSPAMmacrolink.com> wrote in message
news:656DCA62-E12D-4926-81C0-53241DBABD17@microsoft.com...
> Greetings!
>
> I am starting a driver project for a multiport serial card. It is a PNP
card so I don't want to use devcon to start the driver, but I can't seem to
write or generate (geninf) an INF file that is acceptable to setup. The
following messages are displayed:
>
> An error occured during the installation of the device.
>
> The required section was not found in the INF.
>
> I have tried using modified versions of INF files from the winnt\inf
directory, where I just changed the driver name, PCI IDs and company name
and tried to remove co-installers that I'm not using, but I still get the
same messages. Is there any way to know what section setup thinks is
missing?
>
> Thanks!

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