wim xp drivers

[royne]

Im trying to deploy a XP wim from WDS in native mode.

I created a wim image and deployed it successfully on 4 different Dell and HP systems. The deployment is fully untended using an xml file for the PE boot prep. And a sysprep.inf file for the wim image placed in the image folder.

\image\xp\xpsp2\$oem$\sysprep\sysprep.inf

\image\xp\xpsp2\$oem$\Drivers\nic\E100B

\image\xp\xpsp2.wim

Im trying to get the different nic cards to install on the systems but it just don’t work. The drivers folder from my $oem$ folder gets copied to the deployed computers but no installation of them is done.

The sysprep.inf file im using.

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[unattended]

OemSkipEula=Yes

InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemPreinstall=Yes

OemPnPDriversPath=Drivers\nic\E100B

TargetPath=\windows

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

Filesystem=LeaveAlone

OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade=No

UnattendSwitch=Yes

***************************************

do I have to copy the drivers to some other $oem$ location? Where?

do I have to mount and add the driver to the wim file? Where?

[Atheros]

the nic drivers would have to be installed during the original setup. i.e. in the OEM folders specified in your unattend.txt.

putting more drivers in the unattend.txt and oem folders after the install will not work as this part of the file is processed in the GUI phase of the install.

a possible way of getting this to work is to copy the inf, cat, sys and dll's to a folder that exists in your original unattend.txt