Apply Driver Package failing with SATA drivers

I'm attempting to deploy a Windows XP 64-bit image to an HP xw6600 system and am having trouble with the SATA drivers.  I've imported the latest drivers (added to driver package for this model and updated the DPs, included in the boot images), and also modified the iaAHCI.inf file to change the class to "SCSIAdapter" so that all drivers and models are available to me in the Apply Driver Package task.
 
During the image process, I opened Notepad and pulled up the sysprep.inf file that was copied down as the .WIM was being applied.  The [SysprepMassStorage] section was quite lengthy, but all of the entries pointed to either machine.inf, pnpscsi.inf or mshdc.inf.  I also noticed that the adapter wasn't listed.
 
Looking in Device Manager in a CD build of XP64, the adapter is listed as "Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller" and the device is PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682...etc. The driver Windows was using was iaStor.sys.
 
I also noticed that some time shortly after the WIM was applied, the sysprep.inf was overwritten and there is nothing under the [SysprepMassStorage] section (in both files, the BuildMassStorageSection is set to Yes).
 
I can get the 631xESB/632xESB driver as a selectable option for the Apply Driver Package task, but none of the following available models seem to work:

Intel(R) 82891FR SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH6R)
Intel(R) 82891GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)
Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller (Server ESB2)

No matter which I choose, I get the BSOD as soon as XP tries to boot.  It seems like SCCM is not manipulating the sysprep.inf file properly or something.  Any ideas?
 
 

I just a few question.
 
Are you running SCCM SP1 or higher? If so you don't need to change the iaAHCI.inf.  This was fixed with SCCM SP1.  Are you also checking the Do unattended installation of unsigned drivers....?  And where are you putting your Apply driver package in your task sequence? 
 
Thanks,
 
Richard

Running SCCM SP1 R2
 
I've tried it a few times with the "Do unattended installation of unsigned driver..." checked, but I don't recall how consistently.  Should I uncheck it or leave it checked?
 
The Apply Driver Package happens in the following sequence:
 
Apply OS Image
Gather
Apply Windows Settings
Apply Network Settings
Apply Driver Package
Configure
Setup Windows and ConfigMgr
Reboot
 

You can leave it checked, if you modified the iaAHCI.inf.  Have you tried importing the drivers without modifying the iaAHCI.inf?  What is the BSOD message you are getting?  It could be the issue with winpe and win xp format issue.  Have you tried using the Set Diskpart BIOS Compatibility Mode to see if that fixes your issue?
 

Personally, for my WinXP image, I was unable to get the iaAHCI.inf driver to install (for the correct disks) in a Apply Drivers Package despite the device was recognized the PCI\VEN and reported that the driver was successfully installed.  To fix my problem, I had to recapture the image with the drivers copied locally and the path specified in sysprep.inf
 

[Sysprep]
 
[SysprepMassStorage]
;Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2681&CC_0106=C:\Drivers\sata\IAAHCI.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106=C:\Drivers\sata\IAAHCI.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106=C:\Drivers\sata\IAAHCI.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2821&CC_0106=C:\Drivers\sata\IAAHCI.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106=C:\Drivers\sata\IAAHCI.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2922&CC_0106=C:\Drivers\sata\IAAHCI.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2929&CC_0106=C:\Drivers\sata\IAAHCI.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A22&CC_0106=C:\Drivers\sata\IAAHCI.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104=C:\Drivers\sata\iaStor.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104=C:\Drivers\sata\iaStor.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104=C:\Drivers\sata\iaStor.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104=C:\Drivers\sata\iaStor.INF
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104=C:\Drivers\sata\iaStor.INF

I had a similar problem. I solved it with the help of nlite. I integrated the drivers into the windows source because with apply drivers I also got only BSODs. My target system was a HP DC7900.
Chris

cp, I ultimately ended up doing the same thing.  I added the drivers to the c:\drivers and sysprep.inf as part of the WIM creation process in MDT, so the drivers were already there.  Sure enough, everything works now (although MDT gives me a bazillion warnings about duplicate drivers files..but no harm no foul).
 
Basically, SCCM was failing to do what it was supposed to with those drivers, so I had to work around it.  Oh well...at least I have a working deployable image now :)

pschwan


I'm attempting to deploy a Windows XP 64-bit image to an HP xw6600 system and am having trouble with the SATA drivers.  I've imported the latest drivers (added to driver package for this model and updated the DPs, included in the boot images), and also modified the iaAHCI.inf file to change the class to "SCSIAdapter" so that all drivers and models are available to me in the Apply Driver Package task.

During the image process, I opened Notepad and pulled up the sysprep.inf file that was copied down as the .WIM was being applied.  The [SysprepMassStorage] section was quite lengthy, but all of the entries pointed to either machine.inf, pnpscsi.inf or mshdc.inf.  I also noticed that the adapter wasn't listed.

Looking in Device Manager in a CD build of XP64, the adapter is listed as "Intel(R) 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller" and the device is PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682...etc. The driver Windows was using was iaStor.sys.

I also noticed that some time shortly after the WIM was applied, the sysprep.inf was overwritten and there is nothing under the [SysprepMassStorage] section (in both files, the BuildMassStorageSection is set to Yes).

I can get the 631xESB/632xESB driver as a selectable option for the Apply Driver Package task, but none of the following available models seem to work:

Intel(R) 82891FR SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH6R)
Intel(R) 82891GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)
Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller (Server ESB2)

No matter which I choose, I get the BSOD as soon as XP tries to boot.  It seems like SCCM is not manipulating the sysprep.inf file properly or something.  Any ideas?

Hi

I m trying to capture XP Image for HP XW 6600 workstation, i need to install the mass storage driver  in the image, So i downloaded the "mass storage driver" from HP website and tried extracting it but i cud nt find the *.inf files, *.cat files inside the extracted folder. Only exe files are available. But I need to inject the driver as part of sysprep  execution..

I need to update the sysprep.inf file with mass storage section. Can any one pls help me to get the mass storage driver *.inf, .cat files for XW 6600 hardware model

Thanks,
nirmal

I had similar issues in MDT 2010 with a LENOVO Laptop but was able to resolve it and the need to use multiple intel sata drivers simply by downloading the latest intel sata drivers (iaAHCI_9.6.0.1014) and then changed the txtsetup.oem so the default section reads the following....
[Defaults]
scsi = iaAHCI_7MMDH

Since then no issues and it works with XP and 7 :)