Can I add Adaptec 320 drivers to a slipstreamed installati..

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I have slipstreamed SP2 with the Windows XP Pro installation files and
created a CD that works like a dream. However, I have changed my Adaptec
29160 card to an Adaptec 29320 card and find that the drivers for the new
card do not exist on the CD. Under I386 I can find a file called
adpu160M.sy_ , clearly this is the one used for the Adaptec 29160 card, but
there is nothing for my new card. Since I have a driver in the form of
adpu320.sys can someone please tell me how I can:-

1. convert this to the form used for installation - I presume adpu320.sy_ ?
2. slipstream this into the installation files - or do i just add it to the
I386 directory?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Stan Kay
 
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Stan,

Check these out,
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

http://unattended.msfn.org/

When I created a slipstream disk I believe there was an option during the
process to add drivers in.

r.



"Stan Kay" <stan.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>I have slipstreamed SP2 with the Windows XP Pro installation files and
>created a CD that works like a dream. However, I have changed my Adaptec
>29160 card to an Adaptec 29320 card and find that the drivers for the new
>card do not exist on the CD. Under I386 I can find a file called
>adpu160M.sy_ , clearly this is the one used for the Adaptec 29160 card, but
>there is nothing for my new card. Since I have a driver in the form of
>adpu320.sys can someone please tell me how I can:-
>
> 1. convert this to the form used for installation - I presume adpu320.sy_
> ?
> 2. slipstream this into the installation files - or do i just add it to
> the I386 directory?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stan Kay
>
>
 
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Thanks for the response.

AFIIK, the slipstream process can add files that did not exist in the
original installation. However, I do not know the process. The driver file
I need to incorporate (adpu320.sys) is only 130K in size and using WinRAR I
have produced a CAB file which is only 63K in size. I have added this to
the i386 directory and tried the install process. The system spots the
driver, mentions it as available but does not link this file to my SCSI
card. For this reason I sense you are certainly correct in stating that
there must be other files elsewhere (Library files) which instruct the
installation process how to proceed. If I knew where the Library files were
I could examine the instructions for adpu160M.sy_ (Adaptec 160 card) and try
to figure out what is required for my new card. So, I would be most
grateful for any help you can offer on where the Library files exist and how
I can edit them.

Kind regards,

Stan


"Ghostrider" <-00-@fitron.142> wrote in message
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>
> Stan Kay wrote:
>
>> I have slipstreamed SP2 with the Windows XP Pro installation files and
>> created a CD that works like a dream. However, I have changed my Adaptec
>> 29160 card to an Adaptec 29320 card and find that the drivers for the new
>> card do not exist on the CD. Under I386 I can find a file called
>> adpu160M.sy_ , clearly this is the one used for the Adaptec 29160 card,
>> but there is nothing for my new card. Since I have a driver in the form
>> of adpu320.sys can someone please tell me how I can:-
>>
>> 1. convert this to the form used for installation - I presume adpu320.sy_
>> ?
>> 2. slipstream this into the installation files - or do i just add it to
>> the I386 directory?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Stan Kay
>>
>>
>
> AFAIK, slipstreaming, as it is applied here to Windows
> installations, refers only to updated files with the same
> name as the original file in the pre-updated cdrom. There
> is supposed to be a library file for the files located in
> the installation folders, where they go and how they are
> supposed to be installed. Hence, if the name for a file
> is not in the library, the slipstreamed cdrom does not
> know anything about it. Want to edit this library file?
>
 
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A couple of months ago, the magazine Maximum PC did an article where they
show how to slipstream SP2 and then how to add drivers to a new XP install
CD. So there must be a way!

"Stan Kay" <stan.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the response.
>
> AFIIK, the slipstream process can add files that did not exist in the
> original installation. However, I do not know the process. The driver
> file I need to incorporate (adpu320.sys) is only 130K in size and using
> WinRAR I have produced a CAB file which is only 63K in size. I have added
> this to the i386 directory and tried the install process. The system
> spots the driver, mentions it as available but does not link this file to
> my SCSI card. For this reason I sense you are certainly correct in
> stating that there must be other files elsewhere (Library files) which
> instruct the installation process how to proceed. If I knew where the
> Library files were I could examine the instructions for adpu160M.sy_
> (Adaptec 160 card) and try to figure out what is required for my new card.
> So, I would be most grateful for any help you can offer on where the
> Library files exist and how I can edit them.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Stan
>
>
> "Ghostrider" <-00-@fitron.142> wrote in message
> news:OV0aijq1EHA.1564@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Stan Kay wrote:
>>
>>> I have slipstreamed SP2 with the Windows XP Pro installation files and
>>> created a CD that works like a dream. However, I have changed my
>>> Adaptec 29160 card to an Adaptec 29320 card and find that the drivers
>>> for the new card do not exist on the CD. Under I386 I can find a file
>>> called adpu160M.sy_ , clearly this is the one used for the Adaptec 29160
>>> card, but there is nothing for my new card. Since I have a driver in
>>> the form of adpu320.sys can someone please tell me how I can:-
>>>
>>> 1. convert this to the form used for installation - I presume
>>> adpu320.sy_ ?
>>> 2. slipstream this into the installation files - or do i just add it to
>>> the I386 directory?
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Stan Kay
>>>
>>>
>>
>> AFAIK, slipstreaming, as it is applied here to Windows
>> installations, refers only to updated files with the same
>> name as the original file in the pre-updated cdrom. There
>> is supposed to be a library file for the files located in
>> the installation folders, where they go and how they are
>> supposed to be installed. Hence, if the name for a file
>> is not in the library, the slipstreamed cdrom does not
>> know anything about it. Want to edit this library file?
>>
>
>
 
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Namniar,

Your a star! That article is great and gave me everything I needed to
finish the job. Many thanks.

Regards,

Stan


"namniar" <this@that> wrote in message
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> Stan,
>
> Check these out,
> http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
>
> http://unattended.msfn.org/
>
> When I created a slipstream disk I believe there was an option during the
> process to add drivers in.
>
> r.
>
>
>
> "Stan Kay" <stan.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:Osfum3l1EHA.1860@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>I have slipstreamed SP2 with the Windows XP Pro installation files and
>>created a CD that works like a dream. However, I have changed my Adaptec
>>29160 card to an Adaptec 29320 card and find that the drivers for the new
>>card do not exist on the CD. Under I386 I can find a file called
>>adpu160M.sy_ , clearly this is the one used for the Adaptec 29160 card,
>>but there is nothing for my new card. Since I have a driver in the form
>>of adpu320.sys can someone please tell me how I can:-
>>
>> 1. convert this to the form used for installation - I presume adpu320.sy_
>> ?
>> 2. slipstream this into the installation files - or do i just add it to
>> the I386 directory?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Stan Kay
>>
>>
>
>
 
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Thank Nathan and Cari(?) as they sent them to me a couple months ago.

Anyway I'm glad you found what you were looking for.

r.


"Stan Kay" <stan.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Namniar,
>
> Your a star! That article is great and gave me everything I needed to
> finish the job. Many thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stan
>
>
> "namniar" <this@that> wrote in message
> news:OnUnL$u1EHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Stan,
>>
>> Check these out,
>> http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
>>
>> http://unattended.msfn.org/
>>
>> When I created a slipstream disk I believe there was an option during the
>> process to add drivers in.
>>
>> r.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Stan Kay" <stan.kay@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:Osfum3l1EHA.1860@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>I have slipstreamed SP2 with the Windows XP Pro installation files and
>>>created a CD that works like a dream. However, I have changed my Adaptec
>>>29160 card to an Adaptec 29320 card and find that the drivers for the new
>>>card do not exist on the CD. Under I386 I can find a file called
>>>adpu160M.sy_ , clearly this is the one used for the Adaptec 29160 card,
>>>but there is nothing for my new card. Since I have a driver in the form
>>>of adpu320.sys can someone please tell me how I can:-
>>>
>>> 1. convert this to the form used for installation - I presume
>>> adpu320.sy_ ?
>>> 2. slipstream this into the installation files - or do i just add it to
>>> the I386 directory?
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Stan Kay
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>