$OEM$ contents not copied, OemPreinstall=Yes

[Gustaaf]

Hi,

I am having trouble with my XP SP2 EN-US unattend install image. In my Winnt.sif

I have Placed OemPreinstall=Yes, but this still does not copy the contents from the CD to the users HD. In Win2K I noticed that this extra file copying happens at the end of the first stage of copying files... With (my) XP this does not happen.

Here is a copy of my winnt.sif contents. Can anyone find fault?

[Data]

AutoPartition= 1

MsDosInitiated= 0

UnattendedInstall= "Yes"

AutomaticUpdates = 1

[unattended]

; Choose UnattendMode, only 1 allowed.

; UnattendMode=ProvideDefault

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=Yes

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

; OemFilesPath=".\i386\$OEM$"

OemPnPDriversPath="INST\PNP\kbd;INST\PNP\mdm;INST\PNP\mse;INST\PNP\nic;INST\PNP\other;INST\PNP\snd;INST\PNP\usb;INST\PNP\vga;"

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

Repartition=Yes

ExtendOemPartition=1

FileSystem=ConvertNTFS

NtUpgrade=NO

Win9xUpgrade=NO

CrashDumpSetting = 1

Hibernation = No

UnattendSwitch = "Yes"

WaitForReboot = "No"

; AutoActivate = Yes

[Afterdawn]

Sometimes it's just better to remake your winnt.sif file. Just use the "setup manager" of the XP SP2 tools. Directly test your file and then you could add other things to it (manually)..

[argon007]

Please delete this line:

; OemFilesPath=".\i386\$OEM$"

in your [unattended] section.

Good luck.

EDIT:

Sorry I did not see the line of OemPreinstall.

so I deleted.

[Incroyable HULK]

Your $OEM$ folder should be PARALLEL to the i386 folder, not inside.

[Gustaaf]

Hi all, thanks for the response.

I will recreate the winnt.sif file.

Response to: ; OemFilesPath=".\i386\$OEM$"

all lines beginning with " ; " are official comments and will be ignored by winnt.exe

The $OEM$ folder is allowed to be on the root, next to I386 folder. For this you would have to use the OemFilesPath=.\$OEM$\ statement. Official MS documentation alwas states that the $OEM$ should reside by default below the .\i386 folder. - However, i will try this option too for testing and will gladly inform you (apraise you) if it does work.

Thanx. B)

[buletov]

simply put $OEM$ on the root of your CD and no entries about it's location is required in winnt.sif

note that in $OEM$ you need to have folder $1, which content is copied to the first hardrive.

[Gustaaf]

Okay, this works. THANX a LOT!

The official MS documentation is confussing me a lot now.

Does anyone have better independent documentation (PDF/Word)?

Gustaaf

[Alanoll]

unattended.msfn.org

Read that instead.

It's easier to understand then Microsoft's