DaveXP Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 For anyone who is interested i found some other stuff which you can put in the $OEM$ folder:\$OEM$\TextmodeContains updated mass storage drivers and HAL files required during the text-mode portion of Setup.\$OEM$\$$\HelpContains custom Help files that Setup copies to the %Windir%\Help folder during installation.\$OEM$\$1\SysPrep Contains files that Setup uses for the Sysprep-based method of installation.\$OEM$\drive_letterRepresents the root of a particular volume on the system (e.g., \$OEM$\C represents the C: drive) and contains any files that WinXP Setup should copy to this partition during installation.\$OEM$\drive_letter\subfolderRepresents a particular subfolder of the drive (e.g., \$OEM$\C\MyFolder) and contains any files that Setup should copy to the subfolder during installation. Multiple instances of this type of folder can exist under the \$OEM$\drive_letter folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Here's some more:$Progs\ (Program files dir)$Docs\ (Documents and Settings dir) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creopard Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 \$OEM$\Textmodesounds interesting...so you don't have to mess with the txtsetup.sif-file and just drop the drivers in this folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveXP Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 i believe thats what its for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westi Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Great job DaveXP few minutes ago i posted how to insert drivers in txtsetup.sif.Now my post is for newbies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunil Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Great Find Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ypsos Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SUPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcaj Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 \$OEM$\Textmodesounds interesting...so you don't have to mess with the txtsetup.sif-file and just drop the drivers in this folder?can anyone confirm this? Im gonna try anyway - ive only just formatted my pc after failing to get my SATA drivers integrated onto the custom WinXP cd! edit: looks like it doesnt work Another cd wasted :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveXP Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 \$OEM$\Textmodesounds interesting...so you don't have to mess with the txtsetup.sif-file and just drop the drivers in this folder?can anyone confirm this? Im gonna try anyway - ive only just formatted my pc after failing to get my SATA drivers integrated onto the custom WinXP cd! edit: looks like it doesnt work Another cd wasted :/ i think you need more than just the drivers to use this folder i will look in to it more and instead of uing CD's get a trail of Virtual PC and the bootable ISO images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcaj Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 dont u have to partition your hard drive with virtual pc, and doesnt that mean formatting n e way? Ive never used it before, but i guess it would be the most sensible way to test windows discs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chaoticadult Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 thanks aaronxp. hey does that mean i could do something like this %systemdrive%\XPCD\$OEM$\$Progs\ and then put directories into that folder and they will be in Program Files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neophyte Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 If you wish to use $OEM$\Textmode, you must use this:This is taken from the MS Help file for the deployment tools pack (ref)[OEMBootFiles]Answer File = Unattend.txtThe [OEMBootFiles] section contains entries for specifying OEM-supplied boot files. This entry is valid only if you set OemPreinstall to Yes and you place the files listed here in the \$OEM$\Textmode folder of the OEM’s distribution share point.This section is required if you use the ComputerType entry in either the [unattended] or [MassStorageDrivers] sections of Unattend.txt. ImportantAdd driver entries only to the [MassStorageDrivers] and [OEMBootFiles] sections for bootable mass-storage devices. Do not include secondary mass-storage devices. Instead, add the drivers for secondary mass-storage devices to the folder specified by the OemPnPDriversPath entry in your unattended Setup answer file. Including drivers for non-bootable mass-storage devices in the [MassStorageDrivers] or [OEMBootFiles] sections causes an error during Setup.HAL_file_nameMaps to a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) description in the ComputerType entry of the [unattended] section of the Unattend.txt file.SCSI_driver_file_nameMaps to a mass-storage device driver description defined in the [MassStorageDrivers] section of the Unattend.txt file. You can list multiple instances of SCSI_driver_file_name in the [OEMBootFiles] section.TxtSetup.oemThis file contains descriptions of all the OEM-supplied drivers listed in this section and includes instructions on how to install them. This file must exist if the Unattend.txt file contains an [OEMBootFiles] section.If your mass-storage device is a Plug and Play device, verify that a Hardware Identification section and a reference to the catalog file for the driver (<Driver>.cat) exist in the Txtsetup.oem file.If the Hardware Identification section does not exist, you must add [HardwareIds.scsi.yyyyy] to the Txtsetup.oem file and verify that the following information is included:id = xxxxx, yyyyywhere xxxxx represents the device ID, and yyyyy represents the service associated with the device.So yes, you can use the Textmode directory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcaj Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 any findings on that 'textmode' folder yet? I cant find n e thing, but im new to this 'customised XP cd' scene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 dont u have to partition your hard drive with virtual pc, and doesnt that mean formatting n e way? Ive never used it before, but i guess it would be the most sensible way to test windows discs... No, VirtualPC just creates a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) file on your drive. No partitioning required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstryker Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 thanks aaronxp. hey does that mean i could do something like this %systemdrive%\XPCD\$OEM$\$Progs\ and then put directories into that folder and they will be in Program Files?what he asked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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