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    Injecting Drivers during audit mode for syspreping Windows 7 and then Fogging

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      MichaelDigital
      last edited by

      Hey Jaymes got another question for you.

      I found all my drivers that I believe I need from Dell’s website for this Optiplex 755 (only one of many kinds) and I created a folder called “Drivers” on the root of C. I next edited the registry like you mentioned, adding the ; adding “C:\Drivers”. (without quotes) My question is, the drivers I downloaded are in zip format, so I simply extracted all the drivers into their sub directories under c:\Drivers. Is windows smart enough to search threw sub directories to find the correct info by just pointing it to c:\Drivers?

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      • Jaymes DriverJ
        Jaymes Driver Developer
        last edited by

        Yes it can, well it does. I normally add them in folders so I know what I am doing if I need to point a driver manually 🙂

        WARNING TO USERS: My comments are written completely devoid of emotion, do not mistake my concise to the point manner as a personal insult or attack.

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          MichaelDigital
          last edited by

          I just tried this. Man, this works great! Thanks for your help!

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          • Jaymes DriverJ
            Jaymes Driver Developer
            last edited by

            Not a problem glad I could be of help!

            Like I said it may not be the “conventional” method, but I’m pretty good about finding my ways around things 😉

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              MichaelDigital
              last edited by

              So,

              Everything is working well, but I wanted to remove the driver pack from the machine’s after imaging them because they are almost 2 gigs. So, I wrote a script to remove the unattend.xml file and included to remove the drivers folder. Placed the script in c:\windows\setup\scripts\ folder so it will run automatically after computer finishes its setup.
              Real basic, here is what it is -
              @echo off
              del /Q /F c:\windows\system32\sysprep\unattend.xml
              del /Q /F c:\windows\panther\unattend.xml
              rmdir c:\drives /Q /S

              I think this is removing the Drivers directory before windows finishes the drivers install. Any better ideas on how I could accomplish this?

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              • Jaymes DriverJ
                Jaymes Driver Developer
                last edited by

                Add a script to the END of the setupcomplete.cmd file that runs another script to remove the fill/folder.

                Just keep chaining scripts until you accomplish the goal you desire lol

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                  MichaelDigital
                  last edited by

                  LOL Good thought. And, In the end of the script setupcomplete.cmd script put a wait or a pause command to make the computer wait. Gotta look up the commands. I’ll post my finished solution.

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                  • Lee RowlettL
                    Lee Rowlett Developer
                    last edited by

                    I do exactly the same to handle drivers except i get the init.gz to detect the machine model, download the relevant drivers folder (drivers in .inf form) from the closest node and then add the registry entry to devpath so all drivers (as long as they’re signed) are handled and installed by sysprep that way i can keep the image small and drivers up to date without having to modify the image - also means i can have one image per OS 🙂

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                    • Lee RowlettL
                      Lee Rowlett Developer
                      last edited by

                      it also means you do not have to run an additional script after sysprep and i build my images on a VM so that there is bare minimum drivers on the image during audit mode - also means again image can stay small for faster deploys.

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                      • Lee RowlettL
                        Lee Rowlett Developer
                        last edited by

                        …i’ll speak to Tom about maybe getting something implemented so any “options/pre-reqs” aren’t hard coded and you can set them from the Web GUI i.e. folder path (C:\Drivers) and maybe have a “Driver Management” page so you can manage the folders without having to do it all back end on the server.

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                        • Tom ElliottT
                          Tom Elliott
                          last edited by

                          Very intriguing and interesting.

                          If you’re up to the challenge, just do like we normally do.

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                          Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                            MichaelDigital
                            last edited by

                            Very interesting Lee,
                            Can you go into more detail on the process of this for everyone?

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                            • Lee RowlettL
                              Lee Rowlett Developer
                              last edited by

                              Myself, Tom and james are looking to working on this as a plugin potentially may take sometime… just watch this space 🙂

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                              • Tom ElliottT
                                Tom Elliott
                                last edited by

                                Definitely!

                                Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

                                Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

                                Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                                  MichaelDigital
                                  last edited by

                                  Good news! There was nothing wrong with the script. It deleted the Drivers folder after they installed collect along with the unattend.xml. Thanks for everyone’s help! it wasn’t until I pushed the image to a different model PC that I noticed it worked correctly. The first one I was using as testing grounds, apparently is missing a driver. Thanks Again!

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                                    jbsclm Developer
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                                    For info, the vbscript function we use to check for presence of a particular device id is below.
                                    This allows us to install the associated software as well rather than just the inf files.
                                    the command line utility Devcon is available from Microsoft at the following link.
                                    [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272[/url]

                                    Function device_present(device)
                                    Dim cmd,oShell,ScriptPath,rexec,strtext
                                    ScriptPath = Left(WScript.ScriptFullName, Len(WScript.ScriptFullName) - Len(Wscript.ScriptName))
                                    cmd=Scriptpath & “drivers\devcon find " & device & “*”
                                    'msgbox cmd
                                    Set oShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)
                                    set rexec= oShell.exec(cmd)
                                    strtext=”"
                                    strtext=Ucase(rexec.stdout.readall())
                                    if(InStr(1,strtext,“NO MATCHING DEVICES FOUND”,1) >0 )Then
                                    device_present=false
                                    else
                                    device_present=true
                                    End If
                                    'wscript.echo strtext
                                    End function

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                                      MichaelDigital
                                      last edited by

                                      Very nice script!

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