Hi all,
I come to you, humbled by the fact that I need driver assistance!
The machine Dell PE 400 SC server, 2.8 (I think it is a C) P4 800 FSB , 1024 PC2700 (dual mode enabled), WIN2KPRO (not server;just 2K). More info here:
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t76547.html
The problem is I need to extract the win2K inf files with some utility:
Product: Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility
* Release: Production Version
* Version: 5.0.1.1015
* Target Chipset#: Intel(R) 82865 G/PE/P, Intel(R) 82875P
* Date: April 22, 2003
This document contains the following sections:
1. Overview
2. System Requirements
3. Contents of the Distribution Package
4. List of Available Command Line Flag Options
5. Contents of the Extracted Files
6. Installing the Software in Interactive Mode
7. Installing the Software in Silent Mode
8. Installing the INF Files Prior to OS Installation
8A. Installing the Windows* XP INF Files Prior
to OS Installation
8B. Installing the Windows* 2000 INF Files Prior
to OS Installation
8C. Installing the Windows* 98SE/Windows* Me
INF Files Prior to OS Installation
8D. Installing the Windows* Server 2003 INF Files
Prior to OS Installation
9. Installing the INF Files After OS Installation
9A. Installing the Windows* XP INF Files after
OS Installation
9B. Installing the Windows* 2000 INF Files after
OS Installation
9C. Installing the Windows* 98SE/Windows* Me INF Files
after OS Installation
9D. Installing the Windows* Server 2003 INF Files after
OS Installation
10. Verifying Installation of the Software and
identifying the Software Version Number
11. Troubleshooting
9B. INSTALLING THE WINDOWS* 2000 INF FILES AFTER OS
* INSTALLATION
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Some Intel(R) chipset platforms already are supported by
Windows* 2000, so it may not be necessary to use the INF
files provided by this software to update Windows* 2000.
The following steps describe the installation process of
the Windows* 2000 INF files. You may need to repeat these
steps to update all Intel(R) chipset devices not supported
by Windows* 2000.
1. Copy the contents of the
<INF Extract Directory>\XXXX\Win2000
directory to the root directory of the floppy disk
(A:\).
Note: XXXX is the directory name for the chipset
of interest. See Section 8 for more details.
2. Close all programs currently running on the system.
3. Click on Start.
4. Select Settings.
5. Select Control Panel.
6. Double-click on System icon.
7. Click on Hardware tab.
8. Click on Device Manager button.
9. Select "Devices by connection" under the View menu.
10. Click on MPS Uniprocessor PC -OR- MPS
Multiprocessor PC.
NOTE: Only one of the above items will be
displayed for a given system.
11. Click on PCI bus.
12. Right-click on the line containing the description
PCI standard host CPU bridge
-or-
PCI standard ISA bridge
-or-
PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
-or-
PCI System Management Bus
-or-
Standard Dual PCI IDE Controller
-or-
Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller
(This line will be selected.)
13. Select Properties from the pull-down menu.
14. Click on the Driver tab.
15. Click on Update Driver button.
16. Windows* 2000 will launch the Upgrade Device Driver
Wizard. Select Next.
17. Ensure that the following choice is selected:
Search for a suitable driver for my device
(recommended)
18. Insert the floppy containing the Windows* 2000 INF
files into the floppy drive.
19. Select Next.
20. Windows* 2000 will list locations from where the
updated driver file can be found. Ensure that the
following choice is selected:
Floppy disk drives
21. Select Next.
22. Windows* 2000 should report that a driver has been
found:
(The detected device name will be displayed.)
Select Next.
23. Select Finish.
24. Restart the system when prompted to do so.
This software can be installed in three modes: Interactive,
Silent and Unattended Preload. The Interactive Mode
requires user input during installation; the Silent Mode and
Unattended Preload do not.
Additionally, this software offers a set of command line
flag options that enables extended installation functionality.
The command line flags are not case sensitive. See Section 4
for detailed descriptions of these flags.
Important Note:
The Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility is
distributed in two formats -- self extracting .EXE files
(INFINST_xxx.EXE) or compressed .ZIP files (INFINST_xxx.ZIP).
Depending on which distribution format is being executed,
the command-line syntax may differ. See Section 4 for more details.
The Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility package
contains the following items:
File(s)
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INFINST_xxx.EXE -or- INFINST_xxx.ZIP
README.TXT, RELEASE_xxx.HTM
*** NOTE: Only the files that reference the currently
detected devices are copied to the system.
If the -A option is exercised, the files are
not copied to the <Windows>\INF directory.
See Section 4 for more information.
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I guess I need to extract the win2k inf files, but how and from where, I don't know.
Sorry for the long post.
-LC
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