[Ambassador]

I was planning to make a CD of this again soon for an old, POS laptop.

Would HFSLIP 1.7.9 be a better choice than the latest beta? Or does it really matter?

[Ambassador]

Ambassador, on 15 June 2010 - 01:54 PM, said:

I was planning to make a CD of this again soon for an old, POS laptop.

Would HFSLIP 1.7.9 be a better choice than the latest beta? Or does it really matter?

Sorry, my original was somewhat poorly worded.

I meant to say is there any benefit, in relation to the 2000 FDV fileset, of using the latest HFSLIP beta over the stable 1.7.9 version, or is it not worth it?

Thanks

[fdv]

latest beta preferred.

This post has been edited by fdv: 16 June 2010 - 08:27 PM

[Ambassador]

Would the error "Setup cannot set the required Windows 2000 configuration information" be related to winnt.sif?

[Brabant]

Ambassador, on 17 June 2010 - 05:50 PM, said:

Would the error "Setup cannot set the required Windows 2000 configuration information" be related to winnt.sif?

No it doesn't. I've only just now needed a (new) 2k and decided to use the fileset that is currently linked to (last changed is shell.in_ at 10-06-2010). That gives this error in vpc2007.

What issue(s) should this fileset solve?

This post has been edited by Brabant: 10 July 2010 - 06:44 AM

[fdv]

Ambassador, on 17 June 2010 - 09:50 AM, said:

Would the error "Setup cannot set the required Windows 2000 configuration information" be related to winnt.sif?

These errors are from the HIVE files. Probably HIVESFT.

Help me out here guys. Run a file compare with the earlier ver and tell me what you find.

[Brabant]

Some time ago in some other thread you posted a file with new timezones. That file was 83KB and after fixing it was 64KB. The new hivesft is 251KB vs 179KB for the older one. Also the fixed TZ file has lines commented out like the old hivesft, not like the new one. Like:

lines 1248-1250 in the new file:
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones","TZVersion",0x00010001,00,01,da,07
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones","TZBaseYear",0x00010001,da,07,00,00
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones","KBLast",0x00010001,00,01,da,07

these three are at the end of the TZ section both in the old set and in the fix you posted earlier.

I could only find these two lines added to hivesft:
line 114
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\Msi.Patch\shell\Open\command",,,"""%11%\msiexec.exe"" /p ""%1"" %*"

line 438
HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer","InstallerLocation",0x00000000,"%10%\system32\"

I've replaced the TZ stuff with that from the fix and will run that. But not now because it's 00:40 in ze night.

[Brabant]

That wasn't it. But the new set with the old CLS does install. The file with differences and linenumbers is attached. I don't think anything got removed from the old CLS, only stuff (MSI) has been added.

Attached File(s)

•  hiveCLS.txt (2.49K)
  Number of downloads: 9

[Brabant]

I've got a computer that has no cd-rom anymore and I think I want to keep it that way. The board can boot from usb devices and also fdv-2000 installs to sata from an IDE cd without problem.

So the last potential hurdle: Is there any reason why fdv-2000 would NOT be able to install off an USB cd to an (Sata) disk?

[Martin H]

If I remember correctly, then fdv added support for referencing dosnet.inf besides txtsetup.sif also, for his fileset, but hfslip dosen't do that for the files it processes, as it's solely meant for CD installs...

[fdv]

yes, 2000 is cd only; sorry.

you might be able to do it anyway but the problem is that because things are the way they are, the install will ask you for like 300 files that are not used, so you have to put a piece of tape on your ESC key to keep the install going (or set your coffee cup on it??) and it will install okay. annoying but it works.

in general, graduate school keeps me so busy that unfortunately i just do not have time for any of this anymore. i can mod this sub-board no prob but i mean as far as developing my own work further.

the 2000, xp, and 2003 filesets unfortunately have to stay as they are UNLESS i am given the data to change or the precise fix for a bug.

[Brabant]

What you guys are talking about? Even my old VIA (KT400 and KT600) boards have "usb cd-rom" as a boot option (press F11 for boot menu).
So I have received the usb burner now and when I choose to boot from usb it installs perfectly!
At least on the KT400 i.e. on a Pata (IDE) disk.

On the KT600 things are much slower ('setup detects hardware' takes 10 mins) and when the setup screen appears it shows the F6 message (which then disappears) and just seems to sit there.
This is a pity because this board has Pata and Sata connectors I could experiment with. Anyway the board seems to fall back to usb 1.x speeds.

On another board, Asus A8V, I get an INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error after all files have been copied to disk. And that is using an Sata disk (!) on yet another VIA chipset.

Maybe MS knows about this: 883114 so I'll make an iso including that fix. (although that article talks about 'may not start after you install the OS')

Last thing: the 'immediate reconnect of usb devices on VIA a board' is back. Which got fixed at some point. But (for now) I'll use KB827675 as suggested in post #37 of this thread.

This post has been edited by Brabant: 06 September 2010 - 08:54 AM

[PROBLEMCHYLD]

Brabant, on 15 July 2010 - 08:00 AM, said:

That wasn't it. But the new set with the old CLS does install. The file with differences and linenumbers is attached. I don't think anything got removed from the old CLS, only stuff (MSI) has been added.

Did you get it working by adding those lines in HIVECLS.INF?

[Brabant]

No, you can get the latest fileset 3111KB. Like fdv said 'Probably HIVESFT'. That's the one that changed and it installs without problem.

[PROBLEMCHYLD]

Anybody knows where the string is to hack setupapi.dll version 5.0.2195.6908.
got the file from blackwingcat site.