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Integrating SATA drivers in Windows XP SP2 CD, slipstreamed
Many of us use Intel 865GBF or other motherboard with build in SATA ports, for which we have to install the drivers before installing windows by pressing the F6 key & it loads drivers from Floppy, now we all know floppies are not a reliable source anymore & I don’ even have a floppy, so How do I install SATA drivers, this is the way also if U use a SATA drive only, then this way it will install SATA drivers, that all installing other drivers are recommended after installing windows as they can be installed later. This guide is only for motherboard supporting Intel SATA controller, guide for other controllers all U have to do is to find the drivers & extract it in the driver folder given below
Step 1) Download the drivers for your motherboard SATA controller from Intel website, they are Intel Application Accelerator Drivers, to extract we have to use a few command line switches. First extract the contents of the driver’s exe using WinRAR or WinZip to any location. Open the contents of the extracted archive and you'll see Data1.cab and Data2.cab; those files contain the drivers we need. To get the drivers OUT open a command prompts and navigates to the file "Setup.exe".
At the command prompt type
D:\drivers\setup.exe -a -p d:\<path>
Where <path> is the destination folder to extract the drivers for the remainder of this document I will assume you used a directory called drv on d drive
Navigate to d:\drv and there should be a folder called "Driver" open it and there should be 4 files inside coming to 286,347 bytes.
iastor.sys ,iaStor.cat iastor.inf txtsetup.oem
Step 2) Now that we have the essential drivers extracted we'll need to put them in their proper locations on the CD. The first place to add a copy is to the TXTMODE folder of your CD. That is: "d:\xpcd\$OEM$\TEXTMODE" Here you can dump the d 4 Intel files. Location number two is the location specified (or will be specified) in Winnt.sif for OEMpnpDriversPath. Preferred is that U put all the files in folder 1 as they are HD drivers which will be installed first
$OEM$\$1\Drivers\01
Step 3) The third and final location is in the i386 directory which will be located at the root of your CD. This time we only need to be concerned with the *.sys files of each driver set. That would be iastor.sys for this step. I chose to compress these files and I recommend you do the same. Use the MAKECAB utility to do so. You'll end up with "iastor.sy_" and now simply copy both of these files to the i386 directory. Now we're done copying files.
Step 4) The first file to be modified is TXTSETUP.SIF which is in the i386 directory. This file tells Windows what files to load during the text-only portion of setup. We are going to modify the file to make Windows think that Microsoft put these new driver files in i386 and load them accordingly. Open up TXTSETUP.SIF and do a search for [SourceDisksFiles]. In my file it was on line 181. Now add this text EXACTLY AS SHOWN (except what's in the brackets).
[SourceDisksFiles]
iaStor.sys = 100,,,,,,3_,4,1,,,1,4
There are multiple instances of [SDF]...I added my drivers to the first instance.. Still within TXTSETUP.SIF look for [HardwareIdsDatabase] around line 18270. These entries associate drivers with PCI device Ids detected on the machine. Within this section add these lines:
[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24DF&CC_0104 = "iaStor"
We now need to find [SCSI.load] in TXTSETUP.SIF. Look around line 18725. Add the lines below to this section.
[SCSI.load]
iaStor = iaStor.sys,4
One more section to go... Find [SCSI] - around line 21059. Add this:
[SCSI]
iaStor = "Intel(R) 82801ER SATA RAID Controller"
That's it for TXTSETUP.SIF. The next file we need to create or modify is WINNT.SIF. If U don’t know how to create it or modify it, check here. Here all we need to do is point OEMpnpDriversPath to the locations we set up. Remember $OEM$\$1\Drivers\01 If that is the location of the Intel files then it should read like this...
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\01�
Step 5) to test just burn a bootable slipstreamed CD with Windows XP with SP2 integrated & restart and boot from the CD. When it says "Press F6..." you can simply ignore it, or do like I did and give your monitor the finger. Now watch the bar at the bottom of the screen very closely as it lists drivers being loaded. I have a fairly fast machine and I was able to catch a glimpse of "Intel® 82801ER SATA RAID Controller" and being loaded. It does go by very quickly though, so pay attention.
Now I believe at this point your computer will reboot and you'll be taken to the disk formatting and partitioning screen. If you see your hard drive listed then you have success! This works with Intel 865GBF onboard SATA controller for the other ask here, I will write code about that here too. If U get this screen then quit installing windows as this is just a test
Integrating SATA drivers in Windows XP SP2 CD, slipstreamed
Many of us use Intel 865GBF or other motherboard with build in SATA ports, for which we have to install the drivers before installing windows by pressing the F6 key & it loads drivers from Floppy, now we all know floppies are not a reliable source anymore & I don’ even have a floppy, so How do I install SATA drivers, this is the way also if U use a SATA drive only, then this way it will install SATA drivers, that all installing other drivers are recommended after installing windows as they can be installed later. This guide is only for motherboard supporting Intel SATA controller, guide for other controllers all U have to do is to find the drivers & extract it in the driver folder given below
Step 1) Download the drivers for your motherboard SATA controller from Intel website, they are Intel Application Accelerator Drivers, to extract we have to use a few command line switches. First extract the contents of the driver’s exe using WinRAR or WinZip to any location. Open the contents of the extracted archive and you'll see Data1.cab and Data2.cab; those files contain the drivers we need. To get the drivers OUT open a command prompts and navigates to the file "Setup.exe".
At the command prompt type
D:\drivers\setup.exe -a -p d:\<path>
Where <path> is the destination folder to extract the drivers for the remainder of this document I will assume you used a directory called drv on d drive
Navigate to d:\drv and there should be a folder called "Driver" open it and there should be 4 files inside coming to 286,347 bytes.
iastor.sys ,iaStor.cat iastor.inf txtsetup.oem
Step 2) Now that we have the essential drivers extracted we'll need to put them in their proper locations on the CD. The first place to add a copy is to the TXTMODE folder of your CD. That is: "d:\xpcd\$OEM$\TEXTMODE" Here you can dump the d 4 Intel files. Location number two is the location specified (or will be specified) in Winnt.sif for OEMpnpDriversPath. Preferred is that U put all the files in folder 1 as they are HD drivers which will be installed first
$OEM$\$1\Drivers\01
Step 3) The third and final location is in the i386 directory which will be located at the root of your CD. This time we only need to be concerned with the *.sys files of each driver set. That would be iastor.sys for this step. I chose to compress these files and I recommend you do the same. Use the MAKECAB utility to do so. You'll end up with "iastor.sy_" and now simply copy both of these files to the i386 directory. Now we're done copying files.
Step 4) The first file to be modified is TXTSETUP.SIF which is in the i386 directory. This file tells Windows what files to load during the text-only portion of setup. We are going to modify the file to make Windows think that Microsoft put these new driver files in i386 and load them accordingly. Open up TXTSETUP.SIF and do a search for [SourceDisksFiles]. In my file it was on line 181. Now add this text EXACTLY AS SHOWN (except what's in the brackets).
[SourceDisksFiles]
iaStor.sys = 100,,,,,,3_,4,1,,,1,4
There are multiple instances of [SDF]...I added my drivers to the first instance.. Still within TXTSETUP.SIF look for [HardwareIdsDatabase] around line 18270. These entries associate drivers with PCI device Ids detected on the machine. Within this section add these lines:
[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24DF&CC_0104 = "iaStor"
We now need to find [SCSI.load] in TXTSETUP.SIF. Look around line 18725. Add the lines below to this section.
[SCSI.load]
iaStor = iaStor.sys,4
One more section to go... Find [SCSI] - around line 21059. Add this:
[SCSI]
iaStor = "Intel(R) 82801ER SATA RAID Controller"
That's it for TXTSETUP.SIF. The next file we need to create or modify is WINNT.SIF. If U don’t know how to create it or modify it, check here. Here all we need to do is point OEMpnpDriversPath to the locations we set up. Remember $OEM$\$1\Drivers\01 If that is the location of the Intel files then it should read like this...
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\01�
Step 5) to test just burn a bootable slipstreamed CD with Windows XP with SP2 integrated & restart and boot from the CD. When it says "Press F6..." you can simply ignore it, or do like I did and give your monitor the finger. Now watch the bar at the bottom of the screen very closely as it lists drivers being loaded. I have a fairly fast machine and I was able to catch a glimpse of "Intel® 82801ER SATA RAID Controller" and being loaded. It does go by very quickly though, so pay attention.
Now I believe at this point your computer will reboot and you'll be taken to the disk formatting and partitioning screen. If you see your hard drive listed then you have success! This works with Intel 865GBF onboard SATA controller for the other ask here, I will write code about that here too. If U get this screen then quit installing windows as this is just a test