$oem$ does not copy

[I_Broke_My_MHZ]

I'm doing a DOS unattended install of Win2k. So basically I have all the stuff on the hard drive. The install files are in a folder called "win2kinst" and $oem$ and i386 are next to each other. In dos I enter the command

winnt /s:c:\win2kinst /u:c:\win2kinst\winnt.sif

And it works, able to read the winnt.sif file 'n everything. The only problem is, the contents of $oem$ do not copy. What do I do?

[sleepnmojo]

Most likely you don't have this line in your winnt.sif

OEMPreinstall=Yes

Post your winnt.sif if you do, and people can take a look.

[erik_demon]

If you use winnt.exe or winnt32.exe, the $OEM$ folder must be inside the i386 folder

[I_Broke_My_MHZ]

I did have OEMpreinstall=yes in winnt.sif.

I tried it with $oem$ in i386 per your suggestion, but the problem with that is when I do that, all the names of the files in the oem folder get converted to MSDOS compatable names what with the ~ and the numbers. So... damnit.

[erik_demon]

At least that means that I am right

when you use winnt.exe you can only use short file names

Please download the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Deployment Tools here

extract the .CAB file, and open deploy.chm

Then search the document for something like: how to use winnt.exe

The info is somewhere inside.

Good luck!

[I_Broke_My_MHZ]

Ehhh I guess that means I need to manually change filenames in oem and reconfigure the batch file. But OK, at least it's fixable. Thanks a lot.

[Alanoll]

search the deply tools for $$Rename.txt, that allows you to keep the names, and change the names after copy automatically via setup