SVBus

NT 5.* - TXTSETUP.OEM

Installing Windows NT 5.* (Windows 2000 / XP / 2003) to a virtual disk requires the installation of the SVBus driver at an early stage of the process using the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... option - a floppy disk image can be used.

If the system firmware is configured to boot in AHCI mode then Windows NT 5.* systems will likely fail to find any attached storage as the NT 5.* Operating Systems shipped without integrated AHCI drivers. AHCI drivers are also installed using the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... option. ReadMe.txt included in the SVBus download states "...if you need another AHCI driver for your chipset you may have to create a custom TXTSETUP.OEM file on the floppy disk image...", however no further instructions are provided. The following demonstates how to create a custom TXTSETUP.OEM file for SVBus and iaStor.sys driver.

The following pages contain useful reference information -

Step 1

The contents of TXTSETUP.OEM for the SATA AHCI Controller on the test system -
[Disks] disk1 = "Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Driver", iaStor.sys, \ [Defaults] scsi = iaStor_Mobile ;############################################################################# [scsi] ; iaAHCI.inf iaAHCI_7RDH = "Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_7MMDH = "Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_9MEM = "Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_10DDO = "Intel(R) ICH10D/DO SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_10R = "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_5 = "Intel(R) 5 Series 4 Port SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_5_1 = "Intel(R) 5 Series 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_5_1_1 = "Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_DesktopWorkstationServer = "Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_Mobile = "Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_7 = "Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller" iaAHCI_7_1 = "Intel(R) 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller" ; iaStor.inf iaStor_7RDH = "Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller" iaStor_7MDH = "Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller" iaStor_DesktopWorkstationServer = "Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller" iaStor_Mobile = "Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller" ;############################################################################# ; iaAHCI.inf [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_7RDH] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_7MMDH] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_9MEM] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_10DDO] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_10R] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_5] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_5_1] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_5_1_1] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_DesktopWorkstationServer] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_Mobile] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_7] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_7_1] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat ; iaStor.inf [Files.scsi.iaStor_7RDH] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaStor.inf catalog = disk1, iaStor.cat [Files.scsi.iaStor_7MDH] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaStor.inf catalog = disk1, iaStor.cat [Files.scsi.iaStor_DesktopWorkstationServer] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaStor.inf catalog = disk1, iaStor.cat [Files.scsi.iaStor_Mobile] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaStor.inf catalog = disk1, iaStor.cat ;############################################################################# [Config.iaStor] value = "", tag, REG_DWORD, 1b value = "", ErrorControl, REG_DWORD, 1 value = "", Group, REG_SZ, "SCSI Miniport" value = "", Start, REG_DWORD, 0 value = "", Type, REG_DWORD, 1 ;############################################################################# ; iaAHCI.inf [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_7RDH] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_7MMDH] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_9MEM] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2929&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_10DDO] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A02&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_10R] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A22&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_5] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B29&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_5_1] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B2F&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_5_1_1] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3B22&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_DesktopWorkstationServer] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C02&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_Mobile] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C03&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_7] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E02&CC_0106","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_7_1] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E03&CC_0106","iaStor" ; iaStor.inf [HardwareIds.scsi.iaStor_7RDH] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaStor_7MDH] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaStor_DesktopWorkstationServer] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104","iaStor" [HardwareIds.scsi.iaStor_Mobile] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104","iaStor"

Screenshot showing the AHCI SATA menu options available during Windows XP installation (after using the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... option) -

Step 2

Having traced the required menu option to iaAHCI_7_1 (using Hardware Device IDs), the other entries can be removed. Edited TXTSETUP.OEM file with a single entry for iaAHCI_7_1 -
[Disks] disk1 = "Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Driver", iaStor.sys, \ [scsi] iaAHCI_7_1 = "Intel(R) 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller" [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_7_1] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Config.iaStor] value = "", tag, REG_DWORD, 1b value = "", ErrorControl, REG_DWORD, 1 value = "", Group, REG_SZ, "SCSI Miniport" value = "", Start, REG_DWORD, 0 value = "", Type, REG_DWORD, 1 [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_7_1] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E03&CC_0106","iaStor"

Screenshot showing the edited AHCI SATA menu options available during Windows XP installation (after using the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... option) -

Step 3

Contents of SVBus TXTSETUP.OEM -
[Disks] disk1 = "SVBus Virtual SCSI Host Adapter Driver Diskette", \svbus.inf, \ [Defaults] SCSI = svbusx86 [SCSI] svbusx86 = "SVBus Virtual SCSI Host Adapter x86" svbusx64 = "SVBus Virtual SCSI Host Adapter x64" [Files.SCSI.svbusx86] driver = disk1, svbusx86.sys, svbusx86 inf = disk1, svbus.inf catalog = disk1, svbus.cat [Files.SCSI.svbusx64] driver = disk1, svbusx64.sys, svbusx64 inf = disk1, svbus.inf catalog = disk1, svbus.cat [HardwareIds.SCSI.svbusx86] id = "ROOT\svbusx86", "svbusx86" id = "DETECTED\svbusx86", "svbusx86" [HardwareIds.SCSI.svbusx64] id = "ROOT\svbusx64", "svbusx64" id = "DETECTED\svbusx64", "svbusx64"

Screenshot showing SVBus menu options available during Windows XP installation (after using the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... option) -

Step 4

Edited SVBus TXTSETUP.OEM including entries for the 64-bit Driver only -
[Disks] disk1 = "SVBus Virtual SCSI Host Adapter Driver Diskette", \svbus.inf, \ [SCSI] svbusx64 = "SVBus Virtual SCSI Host Adapter x64" [Files.SCSI.svbusx64] driver = disk1, svbusx64.sys, svbusx64 inf = disk1, svbus.inf catalog = disk1, svbus.cat [HardwareIds.SCSI.svbusx64] id = "ROOT\svbusx64", "svbusx64" id = "DETECTED\svbusx64", "svbusx64"

Screenshot showing the edited SVBus menu options available during Windows XP installation (after using the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... option) -

Step 5

Combine the entries from Step 2 and Step 4 into a single TXTSETUP.OEM file. Note that one of the [Disks] entries has been removed and the tagfile element in the remaining [Disks] section is set to the name of a file on the modified disk (see here for more information) -
[Disks] disk1 = "Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Driver", iaStor.sys, \ [scsi] iaAHCI_7_1 = "Intel(R) 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller" [Files.scsi.iaAHCI_7_1] driver = disk1, iaStor.sys, iaStor inf = disk1, iaAHCI.inf catalog = disk1, iaAHCI.cat [Config.iaStor] value = "", tag, REG_DWORD, 1b value = "", ErrorControl, REG_DWORD, 1 value = "", Group, REG_SZ, "SCSI Miniport" value = "", Start, REG_DWORD, 0 value = "", Type, REG_DWORD, 1 [HardwareIds.scsi.iaAHCI_7_1] id = "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E03&CC_0106","iaStor" [SCSI] svbusx64 = "SVBus Virtual SCSI Host Adapter x64" [Files.SCSI.svbusx64] driver = disk1, svbusx64.sys, svbusx64 inf = disk1, svbus.inf catalog = disk1, svbus.cat [HardwareIds.SCSI.svbusx64] id = "ROOT\svbusx64", "svbusx64" id = "DETECTED\svbusx64", "svbusx64"

Screenshot showing the edited SVBus menu options available during Windows XP installation (after using the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver... option) -

Document date - 12^th April 2023