User's Manual

32 Preparing the Directory Structure for Deployment in Microsoft

Windows

Copy the contents of the

\I386

directory on the Windows operating system installation media to the

Z:\W2Ksrc\I386

directory on your network share.

Create a

\$OEM$

directory in each system directory (

$OEM$.NET

for Windows Server 2003 and

$OEM$.W2K

for Windows 2000). For example, for Windows 2000:

Z:\Dell\Toolkit\Systems\pe1850\$OEM$.W2K

The

\$OEM$

directory provides the location of supplemental files such as drivers and configuration

files to be copied to the target system during deployment.

Create a

\textmode

directory in the

\$OEM$

directory. For example:

X:\Dell\Toolkit\Systems\PE1850\$OEM$.W2K\textmode

The

\textmode

directory is created as a repository for the mass storage device drivers and the

Txtsetup.oem

mass storage configuration file.

NOTE: All files listed in the [OEMBootFiles] section of the UNATTEND.TXT answer file must be placed in the

\textmode directory.

Create a

\$1

directory in the

\$OEM$

directory. For example:

X:\Dell\Toolkit\Systems\PE1850\$OEM$.W2K\$1

The

\$1

directory is created as a repository for other drivers and configuration files necessary for an

operating system deployment.

See Figure 3-3 for a sample directory structure for a deployment of Windows 2000 Server.

NOTE: If you choose to create a directory structure for the Windows installation files that is different from the one

suggested in this guide, carefully review and edit each sample script (where necessary) to reflect the different

directory structure.