Hey all ... Frankie here ... BartPE newbie ...

I've been playing around with a variant of BartPE v3.1.10a called HawkPE-42 ...

I've burned the HawkPE-42-CD.ISO as is to a CD and that seems to boot OK and work well enough.

I have found that the driver (Si3132.sys) for the Syba ExpressCard/54 SATA controller I want to use will not install once up in the Hawk/BartPE O/S .. consequently, no attached SATA drives are seen. Not sure why it won't install.

I've also managed to get HawkPE-42 built on to a USB stick and that boots and works well enough as well.

Then I read up on how to place the required driver in its' own folder in the \drivers folder as well as the neccessary edits to oemsetup.txt, both done prior to a build.

Obviously, if I want a CD that will boot and load my SATA driver, I'm going to have to burn again, however, I'm wondering if I can perform edits / additions to the built folder/file structure on the USB stick ... to see what works and what doesn't ... first.

I read Ed P's topic: Adding drivers to BartPE, NIC, SATA, video and have d/l'd DriverPack Mass Storage 9.01 for Windows 2000/XP/2003 (x86) ... but, as yet, have not gone any further with that approach. I want to try adding just the driver(s) I need and see how that goes first. FFF

You joking right?

You come here with a pre-built - downloaded from somwhere on the net - (please read WAREZ ) version of a pre-built PE?

The whole point of BartPE Builder or of any similar project is that you build your own with the original files you are licensed for!

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#licensing

jaclaz

jaclaz ... thanks for the link to BartPE licensing ... actually, I did d/l BartPE v3.1.10a and using it and the SP3 Network Installation executable have created slipstreamed source files from my own licensed Win XP O/S / CD ... I haven't built from those yet ... I was just playing around with HawkPE-42 because the mention of USB booting caught my eye ... Hawk's actually responsible for bringing PeToUSB and detailed instructions for its' use to my attention ... although I have since seen PeToUSB briefly mentioned at nu2.nu ...

I didn't think my Q. would raise any hackles ... I just couldn't find anything here that dealt with my exact notion ... I only found people who wanted to revise an already built / burnt CD to include missing drivers ... so far, I have only read about it being possible by doing a follow-up rebuild / re-burn.

I just thought that with the USB stick, it should be possible to edit / add driver files (and plugin files, for that matter) at will ... I just need to better understand what the build process does with the driver files and where all it puts them.

FFF

Well, NO.

The "general approach" of a PE build is "build once boot many", similar to "WORM" if you like the comparison.

Of course having it on a writable media, helps a lot, but you will have to deal with a number of issues.

The DPS is a (working) "general" approach, you add the DPS to your SOURCE and then build BartPE, of course you will find a lot odf drivers you won't ever need and the size of the build will increase.

Or you add them in the drivers folder, and build:
http://www.oakdome.com/lab/?page_id=77

However, if you are going to take the "hard way", here is some reference, cannot say how much useful:
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23198
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21807

jaclaz

jaclaz ... WOW ... I've been reading all morning ... my head hurts ...

I went to the links you provided, read the associated threads and went down most every path that cropped up in the process ...

I have a better understanding of the issues involved with what I was considering (not so much anymore), and, have discovered a number of neat tools ... many thanks!

Not to mention, I now feel like I know a few of the regular posters around here from reading their banter, yours included ... you folks have a pretty cool forum here.

A little irony thrown in as well I take it ... the adventures of smallhagrid (mark) were not lost on me ... FFF

Hmm , you chose the red pill :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redpill



now you might need a white one :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin#Headache




jaclaz

WOW again ... jaclaz ... you got me nailed down pretty good eh?
Kudos!