Re: installing to a hdd on a promise pci card without a floppy...

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From: Gerry Hickman (gerry666uk_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 01/01/05


Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 13:42:25 +0000

Hi,

It sounds like to forgot to sort out the TXTSETUP.OEM stuff?

Brandon wrote:

> I re-created a slipstreamed cd, and took the following steps:
>
> Created a $OEM$ folder in i386
> Created a pnpdrvrs folder in $OEM$
> Put the driver files (ultra.inf, ultra.sys, ultra.cat) in $OEM$\$1
> Added these lines to an answer file:
>
> [Unattended]
> UnattendMode=FullUnattended
> OemSkipEula=Yes
> OemPnPDriversPath=\pnpdrvrs
> OemPreinstall=Yes
> TargetPath=\WINNT
>
> Put the answer file in i386
>
> This did not work, so I put the 3 driver files (ultra.*) in i386, unpacked
> driver.cab, put the 3 driver files in driver.cab, and repackaged driver.cab.
>
> Still, setup does not find the hard drives on the pci promise card and asks
> for a floppy disk.
>
> What am I missing?

-- 
Gerry Hickman (London UK)


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