However I have found this not to be necessary with this driver. …when using FAT or FAT32, as indeed I am. Microsoft Knowledgebase article 288344 instructs you to use a modification to the TXTSETUP.OEM file, removing the ‘\’ in the line:ĭisk1 = "Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver", iaStor.sys, \ĭisk1 = "Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver", iaStor.sys. This should result in a successful installation of the Intel driver.Īddendum: TXTSETUP.OEM – To ‘\’ or to ‘.’? Now add an section, which should list the files contained within the driver: "IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/PCI IDE Controller" = "RETAIL" Also should this UNATTEND.TXT file be used with machines using a standard IDE interface add the following entry as well: "Intel(R) ICH8M-E/ICH9M-E SATA RAID Controller" = "OEM"īe aware that this must match exactly the specific driver entry in the TXTSETUP.OEM file. In the section ensure you have the following settings:Ĭreate a section with the following entry: In both folders add the driver files, which should be:įor XP to pickup the driver a series of mods needs to be made to the UNATTEND.TXT file. where XPPro\i386 is the source folder create the following… Modify your distribution share, specifically adding the $OEM$ subfolder to the i386 source.
#Dell latitude e6400 support drivers install
To successfully install the required mass storage driver we need to make some adjustments to the unattend.txt script, and the contents of the distribution share.
#Dell latitude e6400 support drivers drivers
A standard unattended installation of XP will complete successfully in SATA mode, however additional drivers are required for AHCI or IRRT (Intel Rapid Restore Technology).
These settings provide compatibility (SATA), native SATA (AHCI), or options for data protection and/or recovery (IRRT). Specifically the options are either Disabled, SATA, AHCI, or IRRT. The issue here is that the Dell Latitude E6400 uses a SATA chipset that has several features that can be switched on or off in the BIOS. It’s then booted using a floppy or USB key onto the network, and from here an unattended script is run using WINNT.EXE.
The client machine drive has a Windows boot/system partition created and formatted as FAT32. Performing an unattended installation of Windows XP Pro on the Dell Latitude E6400, with the ICH9M-E (aka iastor) Driver.įirst off, a (very) brief overview of what I’m doing here.
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