MDT Offline Media - Copying drivers to a non existing drive.

Question

Hi All,

Im finalizing my MDT deployment using an Offline Media to deploy an image on new laptops. My deployment is going smooth from A to Z, however i noticed it's not installing any drivers from the Out-Of-Box drivers folder.

Checking the ZTIDriver.log i noticed it's finding the right drivers and trying to copy them. However, it's trying to copy them to "F:\Drivers<drivername>". I only have a C:\ drive, how can i fix this?

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

1,Can we find any useful information in smsts.log and setupact.log in the client?

2,Have you enabled the dynamic DriverGroup001 option in the task sequence? If yes, please also configure the Inject Drivers task sequence step action with the following settings:

Choose a selection profile: Nothing

Install all drivers from the selection profile

Or just disable dynamic DriverGroup001 option to have a try.

Thanks for your time. Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Simon

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Answer 2

I haven't checked the SMSTS.log or the setupact.log yet. However, I did check the ZTIDriver.log and noticed the following:

<![LOG[Found a driver for Device: {57b6b728-5940-4763-bef8-52897df8dac0} from D:\Deploy\Out-of-box Drivers\SecurityDevices\amdpsp_5.19.0.0_9289F2343548B691B4DB5B812DE2ED8A0CC15FEC5466E833A8C8BA71AE4FA452\amdpsp.inf]LOG]!><time="16:48:31.000+000" date="03-09-2023" component="ZTIDrivers" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIDrivers">

<![LOG[Using a local or mapped drive, no connection is required.]LOG]!><time="16:48:31.000+000" date="03-09-2023" component="ZTIDrivers" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIDrivers">

<![LOG[Copying drivers from "D:\Deploy\Out-of-box Drivers\SecurityDevices\amdpsp_5.19.0.0_9289F2343548B691B4DB5B812DE2ED8A0CC15FEC5466E833A8C8BA71AE4FA452" to "F:\Drivers\SecurityDevices\amdpsp_5.19.0.0_9289F2343548B691B4DB5B812DE2ED8A0CC15FEC5466E833A8C8BA71AE4FA452"]LOG]!><time="16:48:31.000+000" date="03-09-2023" component="ZTIDrivers" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIDrivers">

<![LOG[About to run command: cmd.exe /c xcopy /seihycd "D:\Deploy\Out-of-box Drivers\SecurityDevices\amdpsp_5.19.0.0_9289F2343548B691B4DB5B812DE2ED8A0CC15FEC5466E833A8C8BA71AE4FA452" "F:\Drivers\SecurityDevices\amdpsp_5.19.0.0_9289F2343548B691B4DB5B812DE2ED8A0CC15FEC5466E833A8C8BA71AE4FA452" 1> NUL 2>NUL]LOG]!><time="16:48:31.000+000" date="03-09-2023" component="ZTIDrivers" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIDrivers">

<![LOG[Command has been started (process ID 820)]LOG]!><time="16:48:31.000+000" date="03-09-2023" component="ZTIDrivers" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIDrivers">

<![LOG[Return code from command = 0]LOG]!><time="16:48:31.000+000" date="03-09-2023" component="ZTIDrivers" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIDrivers">

It's locating the right drivers on the offline media (USB) and trying to copy them to a drive. But after the installation has completed, there are still no drivers installed.

I'll also include some screenshots of my TS and settings.

Answer 3

F:\ is just a temporary drive letter assigned during deployment. This doesn’t seem to be the problem.

Is your target device under “WinPE x64\Lenovo\<model>” ? If so, your DriverGroup001 should be “WinPE x64\%Make%\%Model%” (Assuming this is where you’re keeping your windows 10 drivers - based on your screenshot)

If you search for DriverGroup001 in your BDD.log, it will show the path that MDT will choose the drivers from. This way you won’t have to guess whether it has chosen the desired driver location.