OEM folder not being copied from net/local install

[uk101man]

Hey,

hope someone can help!!! and yes I have searched the forums and tried a couple of things that people have suggested.

This is what I’ve done created a folder called winxpdeploy on a server. Inside said folder is two folders: boot and winxp which contains $oem$ and i386. I copy both folders to a folder called deploy on a client machine and execute winnt using a batch file with the following commands

set AnswerFile=c:\deploy\boot\unattend.txt
set SetupFiles=c:\deploy\winxp\i386

c:\deploy\winxp\i386\winnt.exe /s:%SetupFiles%  /u:%AnswerFile%

and my unattend.txt looks like this :

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

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=Yes
    UnattendSwitch=Yes
    WaitForReboot=Yes
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    FileSystem=ConvertNTFS
    NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
   OemPnPDriversPath= "D\C\AT;D\C\AU;D\C\I;D\C\N;D\C\V;D\G\A\1;D\G\A\1\WDM;D\G\A\2;D\G\A\3;D\G\I\1;D\G\I\2;D\G\I\3;D\G\I\4;D\G\I\5;D\G\M\1;D\G\M\2;D\G\M\3;D\G\N;D\G\S\1;D\G\S\2;D\G\S\3;D\G\V\1;D\G\V\2;D\G\V\3;D\G\V\4;D\G\V\5;D\G\X\1;D\G\X\1\WDM;D\G\X\2;D\M\3\1;D\M\3\2;D\M\3\3;D\M\A\1;D\M\A\2;D\M\A\3;D\M\A\4;D\M\A\5;D\M\A\6;D\M\A\7;D\M\A\8;D\M\AD\1;D\M\AD\2;D\M\AD\3;D\M\AD\4;D\M\AD\5;D\M\AD\6;D\M\AD\6\C;D\M\AD\7;D\M\AD\8;D\M\AD\9;D\M\AM;D\M\AR;D\M\AU\1;D\M\AU\2;D\M\AU\3;D\M\AU\4;D\M\D;D\M\H\1;D\M\H\2;D\M\H\3;D\M\H\4;D\M\IB\1;D\M\IB\2;D\M\IN\1;D\M\IN\2;D\M\IT;D\M\L\1;D\M\L\2;D\M\L\3;D\M\L\4;D\M\N;D\M\P\1;D\M\P\2;D\M\P\2\A;D\M\P\3;D\M\P\4;D\M\P\5;D\M\P\6;D\M\P\7;D\M\P\8;D\M\Q\1;D\M\Q\2;D\M\Q\3;D\M\Q\4;D\M\S\1;D\M\S\2;D\M\S\3;D\M\S\4;D\M\S\5;D\M\S\6;D\M\S\7;D\M\SI\1;D\M\V\1;D\M\V\2;D\M\V\3;D\S\A;D\S\C\1;D\S\C\2;D\S\CR\LS\Win2K_XP;D\S\CR\WDM;D\S\H\1;D\S\H\2;D\S\H\3;D\S\M\1;D\S\M\2;D\S\M\3;D\S\M\4;D\S\M\5;D\S\M\6;D\S\M\7;D\S\M\8;D\S\M\9;D\S\M\A;D\S\M\B;D\S\M\C;D\S\M\D;D\S\N;D\S\R;D\S\R\HD;D\S\S;D\S\S\D\1;D\S\S\D\2;D\S\S\F\1;D\S\S\F\2;D\S\S\S;D\S\SC;D\S\SI\1;D\S\SI\2;D\S\SM\A\1;D\S\SM\A\2;D\S\SM\A\3;D\S\SM\A\4;D\S\SM\A\5;D\S\SM\A\6;D\S\SM\D\1;D\S\SM\D\2;D\S\SM\G\1;D\S\SM\G\2;D\S\SM\G\3;D\S\SM\G\4;D\S\SM\G\5;D\S\SM\G\6;D\S\SM\H\1;D\S\SM\H\2;D\S\SM\I\1;D\S\SM\I\2;D\S\SM\IN\1;D\S\SM\IN\2;D\S\SM\IN\3;D\S\SM\IN\4;D\S\SM\S;D\S\T\1;D\S\T\2;D\S\T\3;D\S\T\4;D\S\T\5;D\S\V;D\S\Y\1;D\S\Y\2;D\W\3C\1;D\W\3C\2;D\W\3C\3;D\W\3C\4;D\W\3C\5;D\W\3C\6;D\W\3C\7;D\W\A;D\W\AI\1;D\W\AI\2;D\W\AS;D\W\AT;D\W\B\1;D\W\B\2;D\W\B\3;D\W\B\4;D\W\B\5;D\W\B\6;D\W\B\7;D\W\B\8;D\W\B\9;D\W\BL\1;D\W\BL\2;D\W\BL\3;D\W\BL\4;D\W\BL\5;D\W\BL\6;D\W\BL\7;D\W\BL\8;D\W\BL\9;D\W\BU\1;D\W\BU\2;D\W\BU\3;D\W\BU\4;D\W\BU\5;D\W\BU\6;D\W\BU\7;D\W\BU\8;D\W\BU\9;D\W\BU\A;D\W\C\1;D\W\C\2;D\W\CO\1;D\W\CO\2;D\W\CO\3;D\W\CO\4;D\W\CO\5;D\W\CO\6;D\W\CR\1;D\W\CR\2;D\W\CR\3;D\W\CR\4;D\W\D\1;D\W\D\2;D\W\D\2\A;D\W\D\2\D;D\W\D\2\E;D\W\D\2\F;D\W\D\3;D\W\D\3\C;D\W\D\3\D;D\W\D\3\E;D\W\D\4;D\W\D\4\K;D\W\D\4\L;D\W\D\4\M;D\W\D\4\P;D\W\D\5;D\W\D\6;D\W\D\7;D\W\D\8;D\W\D\9;D\W\D\A;D\W\D\B;D\W\D\C;D\W\D\C\C;D\W\D\D;D\W\D\D\B;D\W\D\E;D\W\D\E\B;D\W\D\E\C;D\W\DE;D\W\E\1;D\W\E\2;D\W\E\3;D\W\E\4;D\W\E\5;D\W\E\6;D\W\E\7;D\W\E\8;D\W\E\9;D\W\E\A;D\W\E\B;D\W\E\C;D\W\E\D;D\W\E\E;D\W\E\F;D\W\E\G;D\W\E\H;D\W\E\I;D\W\E\J;D\W\EN\1;D\W\EN\2;D\W\I\1;D\W\I\2;D\W\I\3;D\W\I\4;D\W\I\5;D\W\I\6;D\W\L\1;D\W\L\2;D\W\L\2\4;D\W\L\3;D\W\L\3\2;D\W\L\4;D\W\L\5;D\W\L\6;D\W\L\6\3;D\W\L\6\A;D\W\L\6\B;D\W\L\7;D\W\L\8;D\W\L\9;D\W\L\9\2;D\W\L\9\A;D\W\L\A;D\W\L\B;D\W\L\B\1;D\W\L\C;D\W\L\C\2;D\W\L\C\26;D\W\L\C\3;D\W\L\C\4;D\W\L\C\A;D\W\L\D;D\W\L\E;D\W\L\E\4;D\W\L\E\A;D\W\L\F;D\W\M;D\W\MI\1;D\W\MI\2;D\W\N\1;D\W\N\2;D\W\N\3;D\W\N\4;D\W\N\5;D\W\N\6;D\W\N\7;D\W\O\1;D\W\O\2;D\W\O\3;D\W\O\4;D\W\R\1;D\W\R\2;D\W\S\1;D\W\S\2;D\W\S\3;D\W\S\4;D\W\S\5;D\W\SE\1;D\W\SE\2;D\W\SE\3;D\W\SE\4;D\W\SE\5;D\W\SI\1;D\W\SI\2;D\W\SI\2\U;D\W\SI\3;D\W\SI\3\U;D\W\SIT\1;D\W\SIT\2;D\W\SIT\3;D\W\SIT\4;D\W\SIT\5;D\W\SIT\6;D\W\SIT\7;D\W\SIT\8;D\W\SIT\9;D\W\SIT\A;D\W\SIT\B;D\W\SIT\C;D\W\SIT\D;D\W\SM\1;D\W\SM\2;D\W\SM\3;D\W\SM\4;D\W\SM\5;D\W\SM\6;D\W\SM\7;D\W\SM\7\WINXP;D\W\SM\8;D\W\SM\9;D\W\SM\A;D\W\SM\B;D\W\SM\C;D\W\SM\D;D\W\SU\1;D\W\SU\2;D\W\SU\3;D\W\SU\4;D\W\SU\5;D\W\SU\6;D\W\SU\7;D\W\SU\8;D\W\SU\9;D\W\SU\A;D\W\SU\B;D\W\SU\C;D\W\SU\D;D\W\SU\E;D\W\SU\F;D\W\SU\G;D\W\SU\H;D\W\SU\I;D\W\U\1;D\W\U\2;D\W\U\3;D\W\U\4;D\W\U\5;D\W\U\6"

[GUIRunOnce]
    command9=%SystemDrive%\D\BTS_DPs_finish.cmd

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=8411e8fd705ee0c4aad3b435b51404eedc3d1682a2a871c321256f02f3e9f7f7
    EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=10
    OEMSkipWelcome=1
    AutoLogon=Yes
    AutoLogonCount=1

[UserData]
    FullName="ICT"
    OrgName="St. Andrews"
    ComputerName=*
    ProductKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=16
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    AutoConfirm=1

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=44
    AreaCode=01305
    LongDistanceAccess="9"

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=http://www.standrews.dorset.sch.uk
    Search_Page=http://www.google.co.uk

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
    freecell=off
    hearts=off
    minesweeper=off
    pinball=off
    solitaire=off
    spider=off
    zonegames=off

[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff=No

[IEPopupBlocker]
    BlockPopups=Yes
    FilterLevel=Medium
    ShowInformationBar=Yes

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    Language=00000809

No matter what I try I can not get the $oem$ folder to copy. Help

tom

[erik_demon]

Hey, welcome to MSFN

I believe you are not installing from a CD are you?

When you use winnt.exe or winnt32.exe your $OEM$ folder has to be inside the i386 folder.

Don't forget that if you use winnt.exe you can only use short file names (check the deploy.chm file from the microsoft deployment tool for more info about this

[uk101man]

Yup i've tried the above and still no joy. help

[uk101man]

I've sorted it my self. Instead of copying file then installing, i've done a network install then copy the i386 folder