Hi!

I need to use one of those drivers to install a RAMDrive in my WinPE 1.6 based on Win2K3...

-RAMDISK Sample provided by Microsoft site ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q257405/ )
-RAMDISK driver from Win2K3 installation files ( I386\RAMDISK.IN_ and RAMDISK.SY_ )

I would like to install it without applying registry directly into setupreg.hiv before booting WinPE...

Is it possible?

Can you provide a clear method to do that?

Thanks!

ShrimpyOne

P.S.: I'm really cheap and I don't want to pay for a RAMDISK Driver to be legit, so use the free drivers that I've handy...

Yes it is.

You need to mount the registry and apply a the ramdriv.reg file to the setupreg.hiv prior to compiling the image. It's called a reg slam.

here is how...

:LoadRegistry
reg.exe load HKLM\NewSys %1\system32\setupreg.hiv

:RegistrySlam
RegEdit.exe /s "%~dp0\ramdrv.reg"

:UNLoadRegistry
reg.exe unload HKLM\NewSys


Chris

Hi!

I know that!

Thanks a lot for trying!

What I want is to have a startnet.cmd that install and start the RAMDrive...

Thanks!

ShrimpyOne

Hi!

It almost work...

I took the Ramdriv.sys provided with BartPE and did the following...

copy ramdriv.sys to system32\drivers folder
write ramdriv.reg to System32

When I boot

I do the following...

Regedit /s RAMDriv.reg
regsvr32 /s %SystemRoot%\System32\netcfgx.dll
factory -minint
netcfg -v -winpe
net start dhcp
net start nla



I have the RAMDrive, but got this message while trying to connect to network...

"Your system is low on virtual memory. To ensure that Windows runs properly, increase the size of your virtual memory paging file. For more information, see Help."


How can I fix this??

ShrimpyOne


RAMDriv.reg
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment]
"Temp"="Y:"
"Tmp"="Y:"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{FFA1C341-4539-11D3-B88D-00C04FAD5172}]
"Class"="RamDisk"
@="RAM Disk"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{FFA1C341-4539-11D3-B88D-00C04FAD5172}\0001]
"ProviderName"="QSoft"
"MatchingDeviceId"="ramdriv"
"DriverDesc"="Ramdisk [ QSoft ]"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\UNKNOWN\9999]
"ClassGUID"="{FFA1C341-4539-11D3-B88D-00C04FAD5172}"
"Class"="RamDisk"
"ConfigFlags"=dword:00000004
"Mfg"="QSoft"
"HardwareID"=hex(7):72,00,61,00,6d,00,64,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,00,00,00,00
"Service"="Ramdriv"
"DeviceDesc"="Ramdisk [ QSoft ]"
"Capabilities"=dword:00000000
"Driver"="{FFA1C341-4539-11D3-B88D-00C04FAD5172}\\0001"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\UNKNOWN\9999\Control]
"DisableCount"=dword:00000000
"ActiveService"="Ramdriv"
"FilteredConfigVector& quot;,0x00010000,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Ramdriv]
"Type"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000003
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"DisplayName"="Ramdisk [ QSoft ]"
"ImagePath"="system32\\drivers\\ramdriv.sys"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Ramdriv\Enum]
"0"="Root\\UNKNOWN\\9999"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Ramdriv\Parameters]
"BreakOnEntry"=dword:00000000
"DebugLevel"=dword:00000005
"DebugComp"=dword:ffffffff
"DiskSize"=dword:00200000
"DriveLetter"="Y:"
"RootDirEntries"=dword:00000200
"SectorsPerCluster"=dword:00000002

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