Files not being copied to root directory from $1

[mindzeye]

Hey all...sorry if this has been covered before, but I did a search and it did not yield any results.

Anyhow, I am attempting to create an unattended installation for XP SP2. Everything has been working perfectly fine, from the critical patches slipstream to the driver pack slipstreams (via DriverPack). It is when I tried including Office 2003 that I started having issues. The main issue is that the files are not being copied over to the C:\ drive. I followed the instructions and put everything into OEM\$1\install, but during the installation completion, it blows the error "Cannot find C:\install\install.cmd", where install.cmd is the batch file to launch the Office installation. I go into the C:\ drive and sure enough, nothing from $1 has been copied over.

What am I missing? Your help is greatly appreciated.

-M

[IcemanND]

just to clarify it should be $OEM$\$1 not OEM\$1, it should reside at the same level as the i386 directory, not inside it, and you need to add OemPreinstall=Yes to the [unattended] section of your winnt.sif answer file.

[mindzeye]

just to clarify it should be $OEM$\$1 not OEM\$1, it should reside at the same level as the i386 directory, not inside it, and you need to add OemPreinstall=Yes to the [unattended] section of your winnt.sif answer file.

Thanks for the reply, IcemanND. I will try this. For some reason, the DriverPack created the OEM folder without the $ symbols. I did try putting the $ before and after "OEM" but then the DriverPack installation went awry. I'll mess around with the settings a bit more and see what happens.

[chaoticyeshua]

Keep the OEM folder created by the DriverPack BASE program. Use $OEM$\$1 for your Office install, then it should work fine

[neo]

Correct your OEM$ -> $OEM$ and

check for WINNT.SIF to make sure that Its contains OEMPreinstall=Yes