GDragoN Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Hi,Here is a way slipstream VIA SerialATA drivers easy into WinXP I386 folder. Download attached file, add few lines from Info.txt and copy sys_ files in I386 folder, and that is that.MillanSlipVIASata.rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 These drivers are already supported by my DriverPack MassStorage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muiz Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 THX GDRAGONfinaly 1 for via that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bâshrat the Sneaky Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 THX GDRAGONfinaly 1 for via that works My DriverPack MassStorage didn't work for you? Didn't know VIA sata driver didn't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDragoN Posted December 19, 2004 Author Share Posted December 19, 2004 Hi,Well driver pack works OK. But if you need to install windows on SATA drive it won't be recognized by the installer. Try it on a VIA motherboard and you will see it. Drive will work after install, but you can't install on it if you use only your driver pack. I have MSI KT600 Delta motherboard and this is the ONLY trully working way for installing windows on SATA drive.You need to let windows know where are the drivers during the presetup phase. This is the only way, you slipstream drivers in the windows. This goes for every other SATA drivers. They need to be slipstreamed into installer and I386 folder.Bâshrat, you could try to make similar thing for every other common SATA driver, so the people can install on SATA drive.Millan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickmack Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Hi,Well driver pack works OK. But if you need to install windows on SATA drive it won't be recognized by the installer. Try it on a VIA motherboard and you will see it. Drive will work after install, but you can't install on it if you use only your driver pack. I have MSI KT600 Delta motherboard and this is the ONLY trully working way for installing windows on SATA drive.You need to let windows know where are the drivers during the presetup phase. This is the only way, you slipstream drivers in the windows. This goes for every other SATA drivers. They need to be slipstreamed into installer and I386 folder.Bâshrat, you could try to make similar thing for every other common SATA driver, so the people can install on SATA drive.MillanActually i tested Bâshrat's driver pack & it works on every sata controller i tested with any sata drive. in his driverpack base there's batch file which compresses and renames .sys files and adds text to txtsetup.sif to support text mode sata controller support. tested with sil 3112, 3114, via, highpoint 374 and some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muiz Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 No it didnt but gdragons way didonly thing i had to change was instead of viasraid reneme into viamraidthx again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangebrand Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 sorry for bringing this topic back from the grave, but I had to thank gdragonTHANK YOU gdragon. after many attempts on trying to integrate VIA drivers to XP, your method was simple, easy and flawless. thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jockfair Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 So nothing goes into the $OEM$ folder? one more thing i noticed only sy_ files does the .sys file go anywhere?I am new to this so excuse me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaked Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Thank you very much great : ). It is a worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 I was looking for this the whole day!great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celo Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 First post sorry but I wish the instructions were little better. What does add few lines mean? What to add, where to add? Sorry again but I am also new to slipstream with drivers. I hope someone can clarify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 ok newbieinstructionsextract the files attached on the first post to your i386 folder.thensearch for your TXTSETUP.SIF u do know how to use the windows search feature right?use notepad to open TXTSETUP.SIFinsert the code in the correct area. that simple no real brains required.if u still dont understand.google for instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arry Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Please read this post:Via Serial Ata - Vt8237 - Etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuvspec Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Having just come up against this problem myself and trying to get up to speed as quickly as possible please bear with me. I take it from GDragons instructions you only have to add the text lines and add his 2 files to the 1386 folder then thats it? Do you need to use CDIMAGE or can you then jus burn using say Nero? I also take it that this negates the need to press F6 when it asks if you need to install additional drivers? Does anyone actually know why this situation occurs. First time i installed XP on my Raptor drive I had no problems but this time I need to go through all this!!!CheersStewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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