Re: Problem with OSDP and adding storage drivers

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Put it this way, OSD is not terribly good at adding multiple different
storage drivers :)

Instead, do the following.

1. Create your own customized winpe structure
2. Add the storage drivers, modify winpeoem.sif and compile the iso
3. Verify that the customized winpe works on your ibm server
4. Update OSD with your customized winpe
5. Create the OSD Capture CD (which is now built from the updated
version)

Here is a sample folder structure of a custom winpe that has support
for 16 additional raidcontrollers (including ql2300 used on most ibm
blades). You of course need to add each driver set to each folder and
make sure that the txtsetup.oem file has correct disk sections (d1 =
"QLogic Software Diskette", \qlogic, \) eg. with a trailing \

i386\System32\DiskDrivers\CPQARRY2
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\CPQCISSM
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\CPQCISSM2
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\CPQCISSM3
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\FASTTRAK
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\HPCISSM2
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\LSICSB6
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\MEGAIDE
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\MEGAIDE2
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\MEGAIDE3
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\PERC
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\PERC2
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\PERC4IM
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\QL23HS20
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\SYMMPI
i386\System32\DiskDrivers\VMSCSI

Update the i386\System32\WINPEOEM.SIF file with the following

[Version]
signature="$Windows NT$"

[OemDriverParams]
OemDriverRoot=DiskDrivers
OemDriverDirs=cpqarry2, cpqcissm, cpqcissm2, cpqcissm3, fasttrak,
hpcissm2, lsicsb6, megaide, megaide2, megaide3, PERC, PERC2, PERC4IM,
symmpi, vmscsi, ql23hs20


regards

Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment


On 8 Mar 2006 15:28:40 -0800, "ianseanfraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<ianseanfraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi - can anyone help with this? I am trying to create an OS image
capture CD for IBM servers. I am testing this in a virtual pc
environment. All W2K3.

On running the wizard, if I:

Do not add any network or storage drivers from a source - builds the
iso
Add network drivers from a source - builds the iso
Add storage drivers (with or without network drivers selected as well)
- it fails and states that it failed to create the ISO. Also takes a
long time to get past the extracting winpe message and goes straight to
cleaning up temp files.

Storage drivers are under 500kb. No spaces in the folder name or files.
All freshly downloaded from IBM.

The log oscdImg_CreateCaptureCDWizard.log does not append when I get
the error. It only appends on success.

thanks in advance

Ian Fraser

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