Chris,
A lot of drivers are shared across platforms, even between consumer and
enterprise grade PCs. You should be able to find drivers that match the PNP
device IDs of the Dell Inspiron 660 and 660s systems in your current driver
repository. If not, then you can download the drivers individually from
Dell, categorize them into some logical folder structure on the filesystem,
and then import them and associate them with Driver Packages, just as you
normally would. It's a bit more work than using driver CABs, but it should
work just the same.
If you want to search your current driver repository for compatible INF
files, use PowerShell:
Get-ChildItem -Path \\sccm01\e$\Packages\Drivers -Filter *.inf -Recurse |
Where-Object -FilterScript { !$PSItem.PSIsContainer -and (Get-Content -Path
$PSItem.FullName -Raw) -match 'VEN_8086&DEV_1502' };
In plain English, this command reads: "Get me all child items, recursively,
that end in '.inf' from the root of my Drivers folder on the SCCM server,
where the item is not a folder (container), and the files' contents match
the device ID string 'VEN_8086&DEV1502'"
Once you get the results from the command, you know which INF file, in which
folder, should be associated with the target system's Driver Package. Rinse
and repeat for each device that you want to pinpoint a driver for, that
already exists in your Driver "Repository."
Cheers,
Trevor Sullivan
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On Behalf Of Barnes,Chris
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 12:49 PM
To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [mssms] OSD Driver Packages with Dell Inspiron 660 and 660s
Hey guys, I am needing to potentially image a bunch of Dell Inspiron 660 and
660s machines (I don't want to, but we are taking over an entity that bought
all of their machines at Best Buy.)
Has anyone attempted this yet, and have any advice for setting up the driver
packages? I know that Dell doesn't offer the CAB files due to this being a
consumer class machine, and not an enterprise class machine.
Chris Barnes
Senior Technical Specialist - Penske Automotive Group
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