driverinfo.ini

The drvinfo.ini file contains information specific to each device drive and is used by the unattend 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.

The drvinfo.ini file contains one section, called [Driver Information], and can contain the following variables:

Table 1. drvinfo.ini variables
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 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: Executable - Path specifies the path to the executable installation file Manual - Path variable is ignored PnP - Path specifies the path to the INF installation files Textmode - Path specifies the path to the txtsetup.oem file
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: PCIVenDevID = PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5159&SUBSYS_029A1014
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. 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. 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. Cannot use both Supported Locales and Unsupported Locales in the same drvinfo.ini file.

The following examples illustrate drvinfo.ini file contents.

Table 2. drvinfo.ini file contents
Example	Description
[Driver Information] Installation Mode=PnP Path= Parameters= Automatically Reboots= Reboot Required= PCIVenDevID= Order Before= Supported Systems=All ;Unsupported Systems= Supported Locales= ;Unsupported Systems=	Supports a plug-and-play device driver with INF files in the root of the device driver directory, and supports all target servers.
[Driver Information] Installation Mode=PnP Path=win2000 Parameters= Automatically Reboots= Reboot Required= PCIVenDevID= Order Before= Supported Systems=8673,8679,8687 ;Unsupported Systems= Supported Locales= ;Unsupported Systems=	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.
[Driver Information] Installation Mode=PnP Path=win2000 Parameters= Automatically Reboots= Reboot Required= PCIVenDevID= Order Before=All Supported Systems=8673,8679,8687 ;Unsupported Systems= Supported Locales= ;Unsupported Systems=	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.
[Driver Information] Installation Mode=Executable Path=win2000\setup.exe Parameters=-Q Automatically Reboots=False Reboot Required=True PCIVenDevID=PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5159&SUBSYS_1014029A Order Before=All ;Supported Systems= Unsupported Systems=8687 Supported Locales= ;Unsupported Systems=	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.