Slipstreaming SATA/RAID Drivers
In order to avoid the need to press F6 during Windows installation in order to install onto your SATA/RAID Mass Storage Device (MSD), you may slipstream the drivers needed into the Windows Distribution. Following is a step by step example of slipstreaming the Silicon Image 3112 SATALink Driver. This example assumes that you are familar with Windows Distribution CD Creation, and certain key files involved in the setup process. The steps are similar for all MSDs, and can be easily transposed to other MSD drivers.
Most of these ideas have been posted in various places, both in the MSFN forums, and out on the Internet. The only part that can be remotly considered original, is the simple addition of one single block of text to TXTSETUP.SIF, as oppossed to finding the correct, existing header for each section.
Step One - Edit TXTSETUP.SIF
In the I386 directory or your Windows Source Directory, open the TXTSETUP.SIF file in your favorite text editor. Copy the following text into the TXTSETUP.SIF file, at the end of the file, just before the (sometimes invisible) end of file marker: CODE
Add your SATA drivers to the appropriate XP Distribution Directory.
In this example the directory $OEM$\$1\DRIVERS\006\SI3112 is used. Directory Listing