Unattended Installation of S3 Virge VGA Adapter (177458)

RESOLUTION

Use the following process to include new S3 Virge video drivers in an unattended installation of Windows NT Workstation 4.0:

1. Make a subdirectory called TextMode in the $oem$ directory of I386. For example:
   
   %i386%\$oem$\TextMode
2. Make a file called Txtsetup.oem using any text editor (for example, Notepad or WordPad) and enter the following:
   

         [Disks]
         D1 = "OEM Video Disk",\oemvideo.tag,\ 
   
         [Defaults]
         Display = s3virge
   
         [Display]
         s3virge = "s3 virge - oem"
   
         [Files.Display.s3virge]
         driver = d1,s3mini.sys,s3virge
         dll = d1,s3virge.dll
   
         [Config.s3virge]
         value=device0,installeddisplaydrivers,REG_MULTI_SZ,s3virge
         value=device0,vgacompatible,REG_DWORD,0

3. Place the Txtsetup.oem file in the TextMode directory.
4. Download Wnt20017.zip from the S3 Web site.
   
5. Unzip Wnt20017.zip into the TextMode directory. The following files should be included: Disk1, Ntmodes.exe, Readme.txt, S3.inf, S3mini.sys, S3virge.dll, and Version.txt
6. The Unattended.txt file must have several lines added, and the following sections should look like this:
   

   [Display Drivers]
   "s3 virge - oem" = "oem"
   
   [Display]
   ConfigureAtLogon = 0
   BitsPerPel = <valid bits per pixel>
   XResolution = <valid x resolution>
   YResolution = <valid y resolution
   VRefresh = <valid refresh rate>
   AutoConfirm = 1
   
   [Oembootfiles]
   s3mini.sys
   s3virge.dll
   txtsetup.oem

With these modifications, the unattended installation will install the S3 video drivers as if it had detected the adapter.