Install driver with DISM

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  1. Mr Been

    Mr Been MDL Senior Member

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    #1 Mr Been, Feb 10, 2016
    I have to integrate in my Win10 Wim-file the drivers of my scanner Epson Perfection 1200U.
    I install Win10 with Autounattend.xml and Setupcomplete.cmd.
    The driver consists of 2 files. An .INF file and a .CAB file.
    The .Cab file contains the .Inf file too.
    If I do this with DISM : Dism /Image:C:\test\offline /Add-Driver /Driver:C:\Epson.inf
    will only the .Inf file be inegrated, or the .Cab file too?
    What can I do that the scanner is recognized and accessible after installation?

    Thank you
     
  2. agent268

    agent268 MDL Junior Member

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    #2 agent268, Feb 10, 2016
    Did the driver come by default as just the INF and the CAB file or did you manually extract the INF with the CAB? Usually driver packages are fully extracted and not compacted in a CAB file. So my guts says this won't work until it is properly extracted and staged.
     
  3. 100

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    #3 100, Feb 10, 2016
    Correct. A driver package consists of .inf (the setup information), .sys (kernel-mode driver), and .cat (digital signing) at minimum, and possibly additional files. That's what you'll need for installing the driver.

    Also, dism.exe doesn't take the path to the .inf as the argument, but the path to the directory containing an .inf. So extract your .cab, and point dism.exe to where you extracted it.

    In case you're integrating a driver while running a different OS version than that of the offline image you'll also need the "/forceunsigned" argument, else it will fail because it can't verify the offline image's signing requirements.
     
  4. Mr Been

    Mr Been MDL Senior Member

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    #4 Mr Been, Feb 10, 2016 (OP)
    @agent268

    The driver came with INF and CAB file. In the CAB the same INF is included.
    So I have to extract the CAB and insert the INF with DISM?

    Thank you for helping.
     
  5. LiteOS

    LiteOS Windowizer

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    #5 LiteOS, Feb 10, 2016
    If u running win 10 already
    u can export those drivers

    and add them back to wim image
     
  6. Mr Been

    Mr Been MDL Senior Member

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    #6 Mr Been, Feb 10, 2016 (OP)
    @100

    Thank you.
    You'r right. The CAB contains CAT and DLLs ICMs and INF.
    O.K. I'll extract the CAB into a directory and will use this command to insert:
    Dism /Image:C:\test\offline /Add-Driver /Driver:C:\Epson.inf
     
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  8. Mr Been

    Mr Been MDL Senior Member

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    #8 Mr Been, Feb 10, 2016 (OP)
    @lite8

    but why export and then add again??
    Thanks
     
  9. Mr Been

    Mr Been MDL Senior Member

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    #9 Mr Been, Feb 10, 2016
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  10. LiteOS

    LiteOS Windowizer

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    #10 LiteOS, Feb 10, 2016

    U might want to test the driver first ?
    to update to lastest version ?

    cos windows export it in compatible package?

    I tried few times to add driver to wim, it didnt work maybe it was me...mb the package [win7 btw], so last thing i did,i just drop the files in inf folder and it driver found while installation
     
  11. Mr Been

    Mr Been MDL Senior Member

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    #11 Mr Been, Feb 10, 2016 (OP)
    Thank you all.

    Finally it's working!

    I have tried so much alternatives that didn't work.