sparky33
03-22-06, 12:45 PM
First of all, this is coming from a network engineer, just to let you know.
On page 8 of the article, it states the following:
“Now that we are finished editing, save and name the new notepad document as 'sataboot.txt', then copy all text from this file and paste it onto the end of the txtsetup.sif file. Ensure that the pasted text comes after the rest of the text, but before the ' ' character that marks the end of the document.”
This is not correct. Do not simply paste those 4 headings at the end of the document, you HAVE to search the txtsetup.sif for each section and place them within each section.
For example, if I followed your directions to the letter, the end of my txtsetup.sif would look like the following (And I'm doing an install for a LSILogic 320-2 Ultra 320 Raid controller):
TempDirSpace512 = 491114496,13448704
TempDirSpace1K = 492655616,13496320
TempDirSpace2K = 495745024,13568000
TempDirSpace4K = 502579200,13787136
TempDirSpace8K = 517693440,14008320
TempDirSpace16K = 551944192,15024128
TempDirSpace32K = 623116288,17170432
TempDirSpace64K = 778502144,21561344
TempDirSpace128K = 1110966272,31719424
TempDirSpace256K = 1811677184,52953088
WinDirSpace512 = 1210261
WinDirSpace1K = 1212853
WinDirSpace2K = 1218400
WinDirSpace4K = 1229524
WinDirSpace8K = 1252560
WinDirSpace16K = 1302832
WinDirSpace32K = 1403872
WinDirSpace64K = 1647104
WinDirSpace128K = 2190720
WinDirSpace256K = 3366656
[SourceDisksFiles]
Mraid35x.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1
[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_05181000 = "MegaRAID518"
[SCSI.load]
MegaRAID518 = Mraid35x.sys, 4
[scsi]
MegaRAID518 = "MegaRAID SCSI 320-2 RAID Controller Driver", mraid35x
I created a CD this way and it didn't work; the drivers were'nt loaded as part of the XP setup.
Now, I went back and added each line to the respective headings. Here's an example of my "live" txtsetup.sif, with just the first three lines of each one:
Original:
[SourceDisksFiles]
bootvid.dll = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
kdcom.dll = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
c_1252.nls = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
My working version:
[SourceDisksFiles]
Mraid35x.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1
bootvid.dll = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
kdcom.dll = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
c_1252.nls = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
Original:
[HardwareIdsDatabase]
1394\609E&10483 = "sbp2port"
GenDisk = "Disk",{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
GenOptical = "Disk"
My working version:
[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_05181000 = "MegaRAID518"
1394\609E&10483 = "sbp2port"
GenDisk = "Disk",{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
GenOptical = "Disk"
Etc. You get the idea. Now it works perfectly.
On page 8 of the article, it states the following:
“Now that we are finished editing, save and name the new notepad document as 'sataboot.txt', then copy all text from this file and paste it onto the end of the txtsetup.sif file. Ensure that the pasted text comes after the rest of the text, but before the ' ' character that marks the end of the document.”
This is not correct. Do not simply paste those 4 headings at the end of the document, you HAVE to search the txtsetup.sif for each section and place them within each section.
For example, if I followed your directions to the letter, the end of my txtsetup.sif would look like the following (And I'm doing an install for a LSILogic 320-2 Ultra 320 Raid controller):
TempDirSpace512 = 491114496,13448704
TempDirSpace1K = 492655616,13496320
TempDirSpace2K = 495745024,13568000
TempDirSpace4K = 502579200,13787136
TempDirSpace8K = 517693440,14008320
TempDirSpace16K = 551944192,15024128
TempDirSpace32K = 623116288,17170432
TempDirSpace64K = 778502144,21561344
TempDirSpace128K = 1110966272,31719424
TempDirSpace256K = 1811677184,52953088
WinDirSpace512 = 1210261
WinDirSpace1K = 1212853
WinDirSpace2K = 1218400
WinDirSpace4K = 1229524
WinDirSpace8K = 1252560
WinDirSpace16K = 1302832
WinDirSpace32K = 1403872
WinDirSpace64K = 1647104
WinDirSpace128K = 2190720
WinDirSpace256K = 3366656
[SourceDisksFiles]
Mraid35x.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1
[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_05181000 = "MegaRAID518"
[SCSI.load]
MegaRAID518 = Mraid35x.sys, 4
[scsi]
MegaRAID518 = "MegaRAID SCSI 320-2 RAID Controller Driver", mraid35x
I created a CD this way and it didn't work; the drivers were'nt loaded as part of the XP setup.
Now, I went back and added each line to the respective headings. Here's an example of my "live" txtsetup.sif, with just the first three lines of each one:
Original:
[SourceDisksFiles]
bootvid.dll = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
kdcom.dll = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
c_1252.nls = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
My working version:
[SourceDisksFiles]
Mraid35x.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1
bootvid.dll = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
kdcom.dll = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
c_1252.nls = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
Original:
[HardwareIdsDatabase]
1394\609E&10483 = "sbp2port"
GenDisk = "Disk",{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
GenOptical = "Disk"
My working version:
[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_1960&SUBSYS_05181000 = "MegaRAID518"
1394\609E&10483 = "sbp2port"
GenDisk = "Disk",{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
GenOptical = "Disk"
Etc. You get the idea. Now it works perfectly.