Overview

Now that we have looked at driver fundamentals, driver characteristics, the $OEM$ folder, and its structure, let's go into how to actually set RIS up so that the OEM drivers work. To do this, you will have to add the driver files and modify the answer file. In this chapter, we will look into how to do this for driver inclusion operation only. In the next chapter, there is a lot more information on the answer file; therefore, the advanced capabilities of the answer file will not be discussed in this chapter.

Highlights:

• Understand how to add OEM drivers

• Understand basic editing of the answer file

• Understand how Windows matches drivers and devices to each other

• Look into details of how different devices behave

• Understand how to add support for SCSI and RAID

• Understand the sequence in which drivers are read

13.1 Adding the Driver Files

Adding the OEM driver files to the RIS image is a straightforward process. This is naturally the first step in adding driver support for new or unknown devices to your RIS setup. There are some differences in the process for adding support for different device types (e.g., network adapters, HALs, storage), which will be addressed throughout this chapter. Follow these step-by-step instructions to get started (see Figure 13.1):

1. Create the $OEM$ folder at the same level as the I386 folder.

2. Below the $OEM$ folder, create the $1 subfolder.

3. Below the $1 folder, create a folder with a name of your choice; in this...