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Posted 24 September 2005 - 05:17 AM

I try adding the drivers from Windows Vista to Windows PE but it says you can't and at the same time thats what its saying to do :wacko:

Here is the readme message from the Windows Vista package

In this release of "Longhorn" versions of Windows, you will be unable to
install mass storage drivers by using the Load driver option on computers with
less than 256 MB of memory. To work around this problem, add the additional
drivers to the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) before running
Setup. Refer to the Windows Automated Installation Kit for more details about
adding drivers to Windows PE.


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Posted 25 September 2005 - 08:34 PM

less than 256 MB of memory

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Posted 26 September 2005 - 05:11 AM

That readme says you can install it under 256 MB but you need to add the additional drivers to Windows PE. I'm asking if anyone knows how to do it. The help section is not really a help at all

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Posted 26 September 2005 - 11:28 AM

Matt,

you can use drvload.exe or drvinst.exe to inject drivers into the Pe. drvload is the new version of drvinst.

Usage:

drvload INF [INF] ...
drvload /OFFLINE INF PATH

INF A path to a driver's .INF file. In /OFFLINE mode only one c
be specified. Wildcards are not processed.

OFFLINE Specifies that a driver should be installed into a WinPE ima
instead of loaded immediately.

PATH A path to the Windows directory of a WinPE image.

Examples:

drvload c:\drivers\device.inf
drvload driver.inf

In these examples, the specified driver will be loaded and installed
immediately.

drvload /offline c:\drivers\device.inf c:\WinPE\Windows

In this example, the driver will be installed into the WinPE image
stored in the directory C:\WinPE. Notice that instead of supplying
drvload with the root directory (C:\WinPE), you must provide the
Windows directory (C:\WinPE\Windows).

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Posted 26 September 2005 - 10:21 PM

How do you path a file?

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Posted 27 September 2005 - 07:38 AM

path is just the location of the files that you will use to create the PE, using the offline mode is only needed when you are trying to add drivers to a PE you are creating. Note that you will need win PE 2005 or 2004 to build the proper PE, Not sure if it will work correctly with Bart Pe or not.
the Path as is the examples would be the C:\WinPe\Windows\. all the path does is tell drvload were to load the files to.

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Posted 27 September 2005 - 03:41 PM

Hey Thanks! I attepted what you said but I must of did it wrong. When I try to install Vista it still says I need 256 MB. What I did was cut and pasted the drivers info files and put them into the Windows PE folder then opened drvinst.

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