User input during installation

NTDEV
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I am a beginner to windows drivers.

Here is the info on the problem I am facing:
I have a storage filter driver (similar to diskperf) that I am installing through dpinst. System has 2 drives and I need the user to select one of the drives during installation and pass this drive info to the driver.

I think I know how to get the drive information that can be presented to the user and eventually passed to the driver. What I need some suggestions on is how to get the user input during installation.

I did some research and it seems like co-installer might be a good option. Or is there something else better? All suggestions are welcome.

Thanks.

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If this is a real product you need to rethink this requirment. Most large
corporations use install methods that will not have anyone present while
things are being intstalled, so you will be rejected.

–
Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr

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>I am a beginner to windows drivers.
>
> Here is the info on the problem I am facing:
> I have a storage filter driver (similar to diskperf) that I am installing
> through dpinst. System has 2 drives and I need the user to select one of
> the drives during installation and pass this drive info to the driver.
>
> I think I know how to get the drive information that can be presented to
> the user and eventually passed to the driver. What I need some
> suggestions on is how to get the user input during installation.
>
> I did some research and it seems like co-installer might be a good option.
> Or is there something else better? All suggestions are welcome.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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I agree.

My basic requirement is to tell the driver during installation which disk to monitor (disk 0 or disk 1). Input can be provided through command line option also.

Any suggestions on the install method that fulfills this requirement is fine.
dpinst was just a quick and easy way to load the driver so I decided to extend this.