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Hi,

I am trying to install Windows 2000 Advanced Server from CD with an answer file located on a floppy disk. This process works fine on our existing server models, but not on a new server we have bought. The problem with the new server is that the network card is not automatically detected and configured as part of the W2K installation. This is because the drivers do not exist on the W2K CD we are using. I have placed the necessary drivers on the floppy disk in the following location:

A:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers
There are three files, a .cat .inf and .sys

In the WINNT.SIF file, I have the following entries (there are others that I have ommitted, but the pertinant ones are included below):

[Data]
AutoPartition = 1
MsDosInitiated = 0
UnattendedInstall = Yes

[Unattended]
UnattendMode = FullUnattended
OemSkipEula = Yes
OemPreinstall = No
TargetPath = \WINNT
FileSystem = ConvertNTFS
DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
Repartition = No
OemFilesPath = a:\$OEM$
OemPnPDriversPath = "Drivers"

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
INFID=*
ConnectionName="HP OnBoard Ethernet"

[NetClients]
MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER

[NetProtocols]
MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
DNS=No
UseDomainNameDevolution=No
EnableLMHosts=No
AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
SpecificTo=Adapter1
DHCP=No
IPAddress=10.10.10.9
SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
DefaultGateway=10.10.10.1
WINS=No
NetBIOSOptions=1

I have tried changing various settings in the WINNT.SIF file, but to no effect. If anyone can tell me what I an doing wrong, it would be most appreciated.

Many thanks,

Martin
 
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Hi

Out of interest, where did you get the OEMFilesPath setting from? As far as
I know, the only place Windows Setup when booted from CD will look is for
the $OEM$ in the same folder as i386. (The same applies to RIS; for other
unattended methods, $OEM$ lives inside i386).

Take a look at www.willowhayes.co.uk/windows2000 for some documentation I
did on how to create your own Windows CD, with extra drivers.

Hope this helps

Oli


"Martin Burcombe" <mabu@homebase.co.uk> wrote in message
news:89D8FB46-5412-455D-847E-CED99D778E53@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install Windows 2000 Advanced Server from CD with an answer
> file located on a floppy disk. This process works fine on our existing
> server models, but not on a new server we have bought. The problem with
> the new server is that the network card is not automatically detected and
> configured as part of the W2K installation. This is because the drivers do
> not exist on the W2K CD we are using. I have placed the necessary drivers
> on the floppy disk in the following location:
>
> A:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers
> There are three files, a .cat .inf and .sys
>
> In the WINNT.SIF file, I have the following entries (there are others that
> I have ommitted, but the pertinant ones are included below):
>
> [Data]
> AutoPartition = 1
> MsDosInitiated = 0
> UnattendedInstall = Yes
>
> [Unattended]
> UnattendMode = FullUnattended
> OemSkipEula = Yes
> OemPreinstall = No
> TargetPath = \WINNT
> FileSystem = ConvertNTFS
> DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
> Repartition = No
> OemFilesPath = a:\$OEM$
> OemPnPDriversPath = "Drivers"
>
> [Networking]
> InstallDefaultComponents=No
>
> [NetAdapters]
> Adapter1=params.Adapter1
>
> [params.Adapter1]
> INFID=*
> ConnectionName="HP OnBoard Ethernet"
>
> [NetClients]
> MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient
>
> [NetServices]
> MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER
>
> [NetProtocols]
> MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP
>
> [params.MS_TCPIP]
> DNS=No
> UseDomainNameDevolution=No
> EnableLMHosts=No
> AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1
>
> [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
> SpecificTo=Adapter1
> DHCP=No
> IPAddress=10.10.10.9
> SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
> DefaultGateway=10.10.10.1
> WINS=No
> NetBIOSOptions=1
>
> I have tried changing various settings in the WINNT.SIF file, but to no
> effect. If anyone can tell me what I an doing wrong, it would be most
> appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Martin
>
 
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Yo will also need to set OEMPreinstall to "yes" for anything related to
$OEM$ to happen.

HTH

Oli


"Martin Burcombe" <mabu@homebase.co.uk> wrote in message
news:89D8FB46-5412-455D-847E-CED99D778E53@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install Windows 2000 Advanced Server from CD with an answer
> file located on a floppy disk. This process works fine on our existing
> server models, but not on a new server we have bought. The problem with
> the new server is that the network card is not automatically detected and
> configured as part of the W2K installation. This is because the drivers do
> not exist on the W2K CD we are using. I have placed the necessary drivers
> on the floppy disk in the following location:
>
> A:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers
> There are three files, a .cat .inf and .sys
>
> In the WINNT.SIF file, I have the following entries (there are others that
> I have ommitted, but the pertinant ones are included below):
>
> [Data]
> AutoPartition = 1
> MsDosInitiated = 0
> UnattendedInstall = Yes
>
> [Unattended]
> UnattendMode = FullUnattended
> OemSkipEula = Yes
> OemPreinstall = No
> TargetPath = \WINNT
> FileSystem = ConvertNTFS
> DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
> Repartition = No
> OemFilesPath = a:\$OEM$
> OemPnPDriversPath = "Drivers"
>
> [Networking]
> InstallDefaultComponents=No
>
> [NetAdapters]
> Adapter1=params.Adapter1
>
> [params.Adapter1]
> INFID=*
> ConnectionName="HP OnBoard Ethernet"
>
> [NetClients]
> MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient
>
> [NetServices]
> MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER
>
> [NetProtocols]
> MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP
>
> [params.MS_TCPIP]
> DNS=No
> UseDomainNameDevolution=No
> EnableLMHosts=No
> AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1
>
> [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
> SpecificTo=Adapter1
> DHCP=No
> IPAddress=10.10.10.9
> SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
> DefaultGateway=10.10.10.1
> WINS=No
> NetBIOSOptions=1
>
> I have tried changing various settings in the WINNT.SIF file, but to no
> effect. If anyone can tell me what I an doing wrong, it would be most
> appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Martin
>
 
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup_deployment (More info?)

Hello

The OEMFilesPath setting is detailed in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Guide To Unattended Setup document which is on the setup CD (\Support\Tools\Deploy.cab --> extract Unattend.doc)

I am checking out your website now, thanks.

M.

----- Oli Restorick [MVP] wrote: -----

Hi

Out of interest, where did you get the OEMFilesPath setting from? As far as
I know, the only place Windows Setup when booted from CD will look is for
the $OEM$ in the same folder as i386. (The same applies to RIS; for other
unattended methods, $OEM$ lives inside i386).

Take a look at www.willowhayes.co.uk/windows2000 for some documentation I
did on how to create your own Windows CD, with extra drivers.

Hope this helps

Oli


"Martin Burcombe" <mabu@homebase.co.uk> wrote in message
news:89D8FB46-5412-455D-847E-CED99D778E53@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>> I am trying to install Windows 2000 Advanced Server from CD with an answer
> file located on a floppy disk. This process works fine on our existing
> server models, but not on a new server we have bought. The problem with
> the new server is that the network card is not automatically detected and
> configured as part of the W2K installation. This is because the drivers do
> not exist on the W2K CD we are using. I have placed the necessary drivers
> on the floppy disk in the following location:
>> A:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers
> There are three files, a .cat .inf and .sys
>> In the WINNT.SIF file, I have the following entries (there are others that
> I have ommitted, but the pertinant ones are included below):
>> [Data]
> AutoPartition = 1
> MsDosInitiated = 0
> UnattendedInstall = Yes
>> [Unattended]
> UnattendMode = FullUnattended
> OemSkipEula = Yes
> OemPreinstall = No
> TargetPath = \WINNT
> FileSystem = ConvertNTFS
> DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
> Repartition = No
> OemFilesPath = a:\$OEM$
> OemPnPDriversPath = "Drivers"
>> [Networking]
> InstallDefaultComponents=No
>> [NetAdapters]
> Adapter1=params.Adapter1
>> [params.Adapter1]
> INFID=*
> ConnectionName="HP OnBoard Ethernet"
>> [NetClients]
> MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient
>> [NetServices]
> MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER
>> [NetProtocols]
> MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP
>> [params.MS_TCPIP]
> DNS=No
> UseDomainNameDevolution=No
> EnableLMHosts=No
> AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1
>> [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
> SpecificTo=Adapter1
> DHCP=No
> IPAddress=10.10.10.9
> SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
> DefaultGateway=10.10.10.1
> WINS=No
> NetBIOSOptions=1
>> I have tried changing various settings in the WINNT.SIF file, but to no
> effect. If anyone can tell me what I an doing wrong, it would be most
> appreciated.
>> Many thanks,
>> Martin
>
 
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Thanks Oli, I checked out your website and set up the $OEM$ folder accordingly. I had tried setting the CD up with the $OEM$ folder WITHIN the i386 folder rather than alongside it. I have corrected this as per your instructions, and set the OemPnPDriversPath accordingly. I have also set OemPreinstall = Yes

Unfortunatly, the process is still not working.

The folder structure is as follows:

|- $OEM$
| |- $1
| |- |- DRIVERS
| |- |- |- NET
| |- |- |- RAID
|- i386

The $OEM$ folder also exists on the floppy disk (from earlier failed trials), although I have also renamed this to a dummy name so it gets ignored.

The process seems to work as follows at the moment:

1) On boot up, I create a Raid 1 partition within the Raid Card Hardware settings
2) Setup loads
3) Press <F6> to load extra drivers
4) Wait for setup to let me specify the RAID card drivers
5) Select the RAID card drivers from floppy disk (which also holds the winnt.sif file)
6) Setup continues
7) Create and format hard disk partition
8) Setup continues and starts copying drivers

At this point I hit a problem. The message "The file cpqcissm.sys cannot be copied"

This is one of the files for the RAID driver loaded in step 5 and stored within the RAID folder in the $OEM$ folder structure on the CD. The files for the RAID driver are also stored on the floppy disk in the root, $OEM$ folder and $OEM\$1\Drivers folder.

This error only seems to appear when I have OemPreinstall = Yes

We have traditionally just loaded the drivers from the root of the floppy disk, and not integrated them onto the CD, but we have not previously needed to load any drivers not supplied with W2K as standard. Once I have the build working properly, I will be carrying out an exercise to clean up the floppy disk of superfluous files and folders.

Can you suggest why this error should appear and how to stop it?

Many thanks,

Martin

----- Oli Restorick [MVP] wrote: -----

Yo will also need to set OEMPreinstall to "yes" for anything related to
$OEM$ to happen.

HTH

Oli


"Martin Burcombe" <mabu@homebase.co.uk> wrote in message
news:89D8FB46-5412-455D-847E-CED99D778E53@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>> I am trying to install Windows 2000 Advanced Server from CD with an answer
> file located on a floppy disk. This process works fine on our existing
> server models, but not on a new server we have bought. The problem with
> the new server is that the network card is not automatically detected and
> configured as part of the W2K installation. This is because the drivers do
> not exist on the W2K CD we are using. I have placed the necessary drivers
> on the floppy disk in the following location:
>> A:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers
> There are three files, a .cat .inf and .sys
>> In the WINNT.SIF file, I have the following entries (there are others that
> I have ommitted, but the pertinant ones are included below):
>> [Data]
> AutoPartition = 1
> MsDosInitiated = 0
> UnattendedInstall = Yes
>> [Unattended]
> UnattendMode = FullUnattended
> OemSkipEula = Yes
> OemPreinstall = No
> TargetPath = \WINNT
> FileSystem = ConvertNTFS
> DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
> Repartition = No
> OemFilesPath = a:\$OEM$
> OemPnPDriversPath = "Drivers"
>> [Networking]
> InstallDefaultComponents=No
>> [NetAdapters]
> Adapter1=params.Adapter1
>> [params.Adapter1]
> INFID=*
> ConnectionName="HP OnBoard Ethernet"
>> [NetClients]
> MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient
>> [NetServices]
> MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER
>> [NetProtocols]
> MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP
>> [params.MS_TCPIP]
> DNS=No
> UseDomainNameDevolution=No
> EnableLMHosts=No
> AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1
>> [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
> SpecificTo=Adapter1
> DHCP=No
> IPAddress=10.10.10.9
> SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
> DefaultGateway=10.10.10.1
> WINS=No
> NetBIOSOptions=1
>> I have tried changing various settings in the WINNT.SIF file, but to no
> effect. If anyone can tell me what I an doing wrong, it would be most
> appreciated.
>> Many thanks,
>> Martin
>
 
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