0000240: Win2k errors in DOSNET.INF and TXTSETUP.SIF after slipstream

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(0000522) BashratTheSneaky (administrator) 2006-09-09 16:58	The semi-colons (;) in front of all those drivers in the SCSI.Load section o/t txtsetup.sif file is actually NOT an error. After many tests, I concluded that Windows 2000 was not able to load an unlimited number of text mode device drivers: it would crash if you'd add too many (actually if the combined size exceeds a certain treshold). That's why I've commented many of them, I tried to keep the most important ones. I would nevertheless like it very much if you could VERIFY this, since you're one of the few utilizing the DriverPacks on a Windows 2000 installation disc. Just remove the semi-colons and the drivers will load. If you get to the partitioning screen, you're safe. And that'd prove that I have a bad Windows 2000 installation disc. (Have had many problems with it in the past, so perhaps it's just this specific version/edition/print.) Those errors in dosnet.inf however should not exist. Could you please upload your dosnet.inf and dosnet.org files? That'd be very helpful to find the exact cause.

(0000541) browned (reporter) 2006-09-18 03:16	Sorry for the delay, I had trouble getting the original file as I had modified the files manaully while doing my own testing. Still tseting the semi colons in txtsetup, at the moment setup is falling over at the iastor drivers so I am seeing if I can work around this as you say by limiting the number of files loaded. thanks

(0000546) shaz (reporter) 2006-09-21 08:37	Hey Bashrat, If you look in the dosnet.inf, you will see that there is semi-colons (;) in front of iastrold.sys. ;d1,iastrold.sys

(0000550) BashratTheSneaky (administrator) 2006-09-22 08:11	Yes browned, you still have ONE semi-colon left: the one in front of "d1, iastrold.sys". Any progress now?

(0000551) browned (reporter) 2006-09-22 14:17	Yes, sorry I added that ; during my testing. I haven't had much time available to do more testing but I can say that you are right and you can not have all the txtsetup drivers loading in Win2k. I haven't found out the amount of drivers that can be loaded but I am currently trying to use less than half of the added drivers with no luck yet.

(0000552) BashratTheSneaky (administrator) 2006-09-23 06:29	It's not about the amount, but about the combined SIZE of all .sys files of the drivers you're trying to load. I'm sure that this is not documented by Microsoft, nor by anyone else, simply because no one has ever tried to load a similar amount of drivers... I cannot find my notes about this right away, but I do remember that I only staid a couple of KB's under the limit with the default amount of 'enabled' drivers. So if you count the total size of all .sys files I'm still loading, you'll have a very accurate idea of what works. Good luck!

(0000553) BashratTheSneaky (administrator) 2006-09-23 06:41	What you COULD try is this: replace the \I386\SETUP.EX_ of your Windows 2000 installation files by the one of Windows XP. That's one dirty hack, but it might work!

(0000554) BashratTheSneaky (administrator) 2006-09-23 12:26	As can be seen in the comments, this is not a bug, but rather a work-around. This will be described in detail in the upcoming online manual. This issue will not be closed so we can continue the discussion for a possibly better work-around, but its status will now be set to "resolved", since this was never a true bug.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2006-09-05 07:24	browned	New Issue
2006-09-05 07:24	browned	Status	new => assigned
2006-09-05 07:24	browned	Assigned To	=> BashratTheSneaky
2006-09-05 07:24	browned	Destination OS Platform	=> wnt5_x86-32 (Windows 2000)
2006-09-05 07:24	browned	Installation Platform	=> disc (CD/DVD)
2006-09-05 07:24	browned	DriverPacks	=> combination (specify in description)
2006-09-05 07:24	browned	DriverPacks Method	=> 1
2006-09-05 07:24	browned	DriverPacks Finisher Method	=> RunOnceEx
2006-09-09 16:58	BashratTheSneaky	Note Added: 0000522
2006-09-09 16:58	BashratTheSneaky	Status	assigned => feedback
2006-09-16 04:18	BashratTheSneaky	Resolution	open => no change required
2006-09-18 03:12	browned	File Added: dosnet.INF
2006-09-18 03:12	browned	File Added: dosnet.org
2006-09-18 03:16	browned	Note Added: 0000541
2006-09-21 08:37	shaz	Note Added: 0000546
2006-09-22 08:11	BashratTheSneaky	Note Added: 0000550
2006-09-22 14:17	browned	Note Added: 0000551
2006-09-23 06:29	BashratTheSneaky	Note Added: 0000552
2006-09-23 06:41	BashratTheSneaky	Note Added: 0000553
2006-09-23 12:26	BashratTheSneaky	Status	feedback => resolved
2006-09-23 12:26	BashratTheSneaky	Note Added: 0000554

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