skip DOS part of sb16 install

[stsp]

Hi, would it be possible to
skip the DOS part of SB16 install?
Otherwise it see the existing
C;\SB16 and asks for a confirmation.

Also the URL for the SB16 drivers
is pretty much "unreliable".

[jschwartzenberg]

I think this should be possible. Possibly there are more appropriate driver sets that could be integrated directly into the Windows installer.

Otherwise it see the existing
C;\SB16 and asks for a confirmation.

Where did your existing c:\sb16 come from? Did it already have Windows drivers in it? Maybe the script could also detect the existence of an existing c:\sb16 directory and pick that up instead?

Also the URL for the SB16 drivers
is pretty much "unreliable".

Did you see it break? The archive that's there now has been in that spot for a few years.

[stsp]

Where did your existing c:\sb16 come from?

I had them previously, but
I could get them by running
your installation 2 times.

Did it already have Windows drivers in it?

Unless I am mistaken, DOS
drivers go there and windows
drivers go to windows\system?

Maybe the script could also detect the existence of an existing c:\sb16 directory and pick that up instead?

If the windows drivers are
there then maybe, but my
guess is that your driver
installs both. But we don't
need the DOS part.

The archive that's there now has been in that spot for a few years.

But no one can trust that, as
its too easy to replace its
content and drop in something
malicious.

[stsp]

In fact, your driver also updates
config.sys to include csp.sys, so
its definitely a DOSish part of the
driver.

[jschwartzenberg]

Unless I am mistaken, DOS
drivers go there and windows
drivers go to windows\system?

Also the Windows drivers go there initially. Then a later installer phase takes them from c:\sb16 and puts them under the windows directory. The Windows applications and sample files stay under c:\sb16.
It is possible to trigger that later phase independently if the drivers were there from an older installation already.

your driver
installs both. But we don't
need the DOS part.

Indeed. I did not find a set with just the Windows parts and didn't find any way to skip the dos part.

[jschwartzenberg]

Btw. this driver has a Windows installer (not a DOS one): dosemu2/dosemu2#1507

[jschwartzenberg]

Some collections of drivers:
http://old-dos.ru/files/file_1049.html
https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid=7&menustate=59,52

[jschwartzenberg]

This CD seems to contain the uncompressed drivers along with an oemsetup.inf: https://archive.org/details/creative-software-sound-blaster-cd

They can be installed manually and work in standard mode Windows 3.1