Hello again.
OK, heres the next part of my guide, as promised. I went out and bought myself 100 CD-Rs just to be on the safe side
This disk will have SATA drivers for the nForce2 board built into it (no annoying floppys required) as well as all the motherboard drivers for the nForce2 and ATi graphics drivers. Also it will have SP1a built into it, saving all that annoying time updating your system.
Please note: I'd imagine the process to put nVidia drivers on the disk is very similar, but I've not owned an nVidia card in a while. If anyone wants to donate a GF 6800, then email me or post and I'll give u my address
You will need the following files:
Windows XP SP1a Network Installer (125MB)
XP SP1a Corporate Deployment Tools (1.66MB)
STAGE 1 - See Above
STAGE 1.5 - WINDOWS XP SP1a
Create a new folder on your hard drive. C:\WinXPSP1a\ will do nicely.
Move the SP1a Network Installer to C:\WinXPSP1a\ (the file should be called xpsp1a_en_x86.exe). Type the following into the Run dialog (Start > Run):
C:\WinXPSP1a\xpsp1a_en_x86.exe -x
Tell it to extract to the same folder (ie C:\WinXPSP1a\).
Now type the following into the Run dialog to update your WinXP CD files copied on your hard drive:
C:\WinXPSP1a\Update\Update.exe -S:C:\WinXPCD\
STAGE 2A - See Above
STAGE 2B - DRIVER PREP
Follow the instructions as above, but in the WINNT.SIF file, copy and paste the following instead:
[Data]
AutoPartition=0
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=ProvideDefault
OemPreinstall=Yes
OemSkipEula=Yes
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\SATA\SI3112r";"Drivers\ATi";"Drivers\ATi\2KXP_INF";"Drivers\ATi\2KXP_INF\ B_15581";"Drivers\nForce2\AudioDrv";"Drivers\nForce2\AudioUtl";"Drivers\nForce2\Ethernet";"Drivers\n Force2\GART";"Drivers\nForce2\IDE\WinXP";"Drivers\nForce2\MemCtl";"Drivers\nForce2\SMBus"
[GuiUnattended]
OEMSkipWelcome = 1
[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
FullName=""
OrgName=""
You can adjust the OemPnPDriversPath to your needs.
Save and exit this file.
STAGE 3 - See Above
STAGE 3B - DRIVER FILE INTEGRATION
Download the driver sets you want. For this tutorial I've used the following:
nForce2 Motherboard Drivers (v4.24) -
www.nvidia.com
ATi Catalyst Drivers (v4.6) -
www.ati.com
First I'll deal with the Catalyst Drivers. Make a new directory in C:\WinXPCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\ called ATi.
Start up the ATi drivers executable. After it has extracted all the files, you can exit the installation (ie before it actually installs anything). We are only interested in the drivers themselves, and not all the other software that comes bundled. Navigate to the driver dir (C:\ATI\SUPPORT\wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-02-040515a-015958c\Driver\ for v4.6).
Copy all the files to the ATi directory you created a short time ago. Your ATi drivers are now done.
Now for the nVidia nForce2 board drivers. Make a new directory in C:\WinXPCD\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\ called nForce2.
Start up the nForce2 drivers executable. After it has extracted all the files, just before the installation process you can exit the installation (ie before it actually installs anything). Navigate to the driver dir (C:\NVIDIA\nForceWin2KXP\4.24\ for v4.24).
Copy all the files to the nForce2 directory you created a short time ago. Your nForce2 drivers are now done.
STAGE 4 - See Above
That should do it. Any problems or queries plz post up, and I'll do my best. Also success stories would be nice (so I know it actually works with other people as well!)
I'd like to credit the following sites for their insight:
www.tacktech.com
www.theeldergeek.com
www.nforcershq.com