Win 2003 R2 $OEM$ not working

[deaconf19]

I searched this forum but did not find anything as to what I am trying. My unattended install works great except for one part.

Before I get too in depth I will describe my layout

I have an ISO that I made and put the unattended file for windows in there. also I created parallel to the i386 folder $OEM$\$$\System32 with the answer file for dcpromo in there ($winnt$.inf)

the winnt.inf is the answer file for the DCPROMO to run at first logon well the problem is that the file is not copying over to the local drive from the ISO for dcpromo to read it

here is my folder structure on my desktop before I create an ISO

OS

BOOT and ROOT (ROOT has all the W2K3 files and BOOT has the boot.ima file)

$OEM$ DOCS I386 PRINTERS SUPPORT (then the remaining other individual files for windows)

the $OEM$ folder has the following sub folder $$\System32

Once everything is setup then I create the ISO and boot from it everything works fine it auto logs on and runs DCPROMO but no error logs and no answer file is created or copied. The reason I know it is not using my answer file is that I used the command to ignore the DNS cancel button when running dcpromo unattended and it still shows up upon the first logon.

I also tried my answer file on a new machine manually and the dcpromo accepted it just fine with out errors.

So I need help on getting dcpromo to locate the file and also get the answer file from the ISO onto the local disk after installation.

So here are the 2 files I am using

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=1
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    UseBIOSToBoot = 0
    AutomaticUpdates = yes

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=DefaultHide
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    ConfirmHardware=No
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    updateInstalledDrivers=No
    OEMPreinstall=Yes
    ExtendOemPartition=yes
    InstallFilesPath="C:\i386"
    Repartition = yes
    UnattendSwitch = Yes
    WaitForReboot = No
    NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1
    NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1
    OemFilesPath=.\$OEM$

[DiskConfig]
    Disk1="Disk1.config"
[Disk1.config]
    Size1="*"
    PartitionType1="primary"
    FileSystem1="NTFS"
    Quickformat1="yes"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=Password!2
    EncryptedAdminPassword=No
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=235
    OemSkipWelcome=1
    Autologon = YES

[UserData]
    ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX (blanked this out for the post)
    FullName="xDEV"
    OrgName="xDEV"
    ComputerName=DCFLB

[Display]
    Xresolution=800
    YResolution=600

[LicenseFilePrintData]
    AutoMode=PerServer
    AutoUsers=5

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=xDEV

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
    Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
    INFID=*

[NetClients]
    MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
    MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER

[NetProtocols]
    MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
    DNS=No
    DNSSuffixSearchOrder=bugatti.italia.car,ferrari.italia.car,italia.car,lamborghini.italia.car
    UseDomainNameDevolution=No
    EnableLMHosts=Yes
    AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
    SpecificTo=Adapter1
    DHCP=No
    IPAddress=192.168.6.2
    SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
    DefaultGateway=192.168.6.1
    WINS=No
    NetBIOSOptions=0

[GuiRunOnce]
"DCpromo /answer:C:\WINDOWS\System32\$winnt$.inf"

that is the winnt.sif file next is the dcpromo file

[DCInstall]
CreateOrJoin = Create
NewDomain = Forest
DNSOnNetwork = No
NewDomainDNSName = italia.car
DomainNetBiosName = italia
SetForestVersion = Yes
SafeModeAdminPassword = Password!2
DisableCancelForDnsInstall = Yes
RebootOnSuccess = Yes
ReplicaOrNewDomain = Domain
TreeOrChild = Tree

that is the $winnt$.inf file

any help would be great. All password and configuration are for a test bed so that is no problem if I post it. I have been working on this for 3 days now. read every KB/$OEM$/MSN websites for this and came across this site in hopes of a resolution.

[deaconf19]

ok my titles is misleading. my Dcpromo is not reading the $winnt$.inf file. I got the $OEM$ to copy the file over but it still will nto read the file. Does the file get copied before or after the first logon?