Xen users - May 2008 - GPL PV Drivers for Windows: install.bat problem

Hi,

I just played with the new GPL PV driver release a bit, and there''s a
problem when running the included install.bat from a read-only device
(pvdriver.zip was extracted, and "burned" to virtual CD)

Cause of this problem:
During installation dpinst.exe is copied to the matching driver directory
(located on the install media) and executed there. Unfortunately this
fails (silently) when executing from CD.

Maybe it''d be better to copy both dpinst.exe and the driver directory
to
%TEMP% and execute from there?

Bye,
   Marcel

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> I just played with the new GPL PV driver release a bit, and
there''s a
> problem when running the included install.bat from a read-only device
> (pvdriver.zip was extracted, and "burned" to virtual CD)
> 
> Cause of this problem:
> During installation dpinst.exe is copied to the matching driver
directory
> (located on the install media) and executed there. Unfortunately this
> fails (silently) when executing from CD.
> 
> Maybe it''d be better to copy both dpinst.exe and the driver
directory
to
> %TEMP% and execute from there?
Yes, the current situation is not ideal. I''m contemplating using
something like nsis to build an installer out of. For now though,
you''ll
have to make do with copying the files yourself :)

James

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