(Remote Installation Services)

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

[OEMBootFiles]

The [OEMBootFiles] section contains entries for specifying OEM-supplied boot files. This section is valid only if you use the entry OemPreinstall = Yes in the [Unattend] section and you place the files listed here in the \$OEM$\Textmode folder of the distribution share.

This section is required if you use the ComputerType entry in either the [Unattended] or [MassStorageDrivers] sections of the answer file.

Note

• Add 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 installation answer file. Including drivers for non-bootable mass-storage devices in the [MassStorageDrivers] or [OEMBootFiles] sections causes an error during the setup process.

HAL_file_name

Maps to a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) description in the ComputerType entry of the [Unattended] section of the answer file.

SCSI_driver_file_name

Maps to a mass-storage device driver description defined in the [MassStorageDrivers] section of the answer file. You can list multiple instances of SCSI_driver_file_name in the [OEMBootFiles] section.

TxtSetup.oem

This 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 answer 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 it to the Txtsetup.oem file by using the following syntax.

Syntax

[HardwareIds.scsi.ID]id = "deviceID","service"
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