The drvinfo.ini file contains information specific to each device drive and is used by the unattend.exe utility to add device-driver information to the answer file for Windows deployment scenarios.
You can either create this file or have the Driver Scan utility create it automatically.
| Variable name | Description |
|---|---|
| Automatically Reboots | Specifies whether the executable device driver
automatically restarts (reboots) the target server after the device-driver
installation has completed. This variable is only valid when Installation
Mode is set to "Executable". Valid values are True or False.
The default value is False. If an executable-device-driver installation program restarts the server and this variable is set to False, then any remaining installation procedures are not completed. To use this variable, the drvutils directory must contain the Holdit.exe and Reboot.exe utilities. This variable is only supported for Windows 2000. |
| Installation Mode | Specifies the installation method for the device driver. Valid values are: Executable, Manual, PnP, or Textmode. If set to Manual, the unattend.exe utility does not install the device driver. |
| Order Before | Specifies that the device driver is added to the answer file before another specified device driver. This variable is valid only when Installation Mode is set to "PnP" or "Executable". Valid values are a comma-delimited list of the names of the device-driver directories, or the special keyword "All". If more than one device driver has a value of "All", the device drivers are installed in alphabetical order before those that do not have the specification. |
| Order After | Specifies that the device driver is added to the answer file after all other device drivers. This variable is only valid when Installation Mode is set to "PnP" or "Executable". The only valid value is the special keyword "All". If more than one device driver has this value set to "All", the device drivers are installed in alphabetical order after those that do not have the specification. |
| Parameters | Defines any required command-line parameters required by the executable device driver. This variable is only valid when Installation Mode is set to Executable. |
| Path | Specifies the path to the installation file. This
variable has a different function, depending on the setting of the
Installation Mode variable, as indicated below:
|
| PCIVenDevID | Specifies the PCI Vendor ID or Device ID information
used to limit the installation of executable device drivers to only
when the specified device is in the target server. This variable is
only valid when Installation Mode is set to Executable. Entries
must be in the same format as those in the txtsetup.oem file, with
multiple entries delimited by commas. For example: |
| Reboot Required | Specifies whether the executable device driver
requires the target server to restart (reboot) after the installation
of the device driver is completed. This variable is only valid when
Installation Mode is set to Executable. Valid values are True
or False. To use this variable, the drvutils directory must contain the Holdit.exe and Reboot.exe utilities. This variable is only supported for Windows 2000. |
| Supported Locales | Specifies the locales supported by this device
driver. This value can be All, or a comma-delimited list of locales,
as specified by the Localization variable in the ProdSpec.ini file
from the i386 directory of the applicable operating system installation
directory. You cannot use both Supported Systems and Unsupported Systems in the same drvinfo.ini file. |
| Supported Systems | Specifies the servers supported by this device
driver. This value can be All, None, or a comma-delimited list of
server machine types or platform IDs You cannot use both Supported Systems and Unsupported Systems in the same drvinfo.ini file. |
| Unsupported Locales | Specifies locales that are not supported by this
device driver. This value must be a comma-delimited list of locales,
as specified by the Localization variable in the ProdSpec.ini file
from the i386 directory of the applicable operating system installation
directory. You cannot use both Supported Locales and Unsupported Locales in the same drvinfo.ini file. |
| Unsupported Systems | Specifies servers that are not supported by this
device driver. This value must be a comma-delimited list of server
machine types or platform IDs. You cannot use both Supported Systems and Unsupported Systems in the same drvinfo.ini file. |
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
|
Supports a plug-and-play device driver with INF files in the root of the device driver directory, and supports all target servers |
|
Supports a plug-and-play device driver with INF files in the win2000 directory in the root of the device driver directory, and only supports target servers with machine types 8673, 8679, and 8687 |
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Supports a plug-and-play device driver that must be installed before any other plug-and-play device driver, with INF files in the win2000 directory in the root of the device driver directory, and supports only target servers with machine types 8673, 8679, and 8687 |
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Supports an executable device-driver installation using setup.exe, with a -Q parameter, in the win2000 directory in the root of the device driver directory, and supports all target servers (except those of machine type 8687) that have a device installed matching the specified Vendor/Device ID. |