HOW TO: Create an Unattended Installation of Third-Party Mass Storage Drivers in Windows Server 2003

This article describes how to pre-install third party mass storage drivers on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system. This article assumes that the third-party supplied drivers use the Txtsetup.oem method for installation.

Note This procedure cannot be used in conjunction with a Winnt.sif file when starting up from a CD for installation.

To Install Third-Party Mass Storage Drivers

The following example assumes that you are preinstalling the drivers by using a distribution folder and that you have already created the distribution folder.

1. If it does not already exist, create an $OEM$ folder under your distribution folder. For example:
   X:\I386\$OEM$
2. Create a folder named TEXTMODE under the $OEM$ folder. For example:
   X:\I386\$OEM$\TEXTMODE
3. Copy the third-party mass storage driver files to this folder. These typically include a Txtsetup.oem file and at least one driver file (.sys file), although there may be more. Copy all the files to the TEXTMODE folder.
4. Use a text editor such as Notepad to edit the X:\I386\$OEM$\Textmode\Txtsetup.oem file.
5. Use the following code to configure your Txtsetup.oem file:

   [Disks]
   d1 = "Windows 2003 Driver Set v1.00", w23dsk1, \

   Note the backslash character at the end of the second line.
6. Save the file.
7. Use a text editor such as Notepad to edit the Unattend.txt file that you are using to perform your unattended installation.
8. Create the following section:

   [MassStorageDrivers]
   "string that identifies the controller in the [scsi] section of TXTSETUP.OEM" = "OEM"

   For example:

   [MassStorageDrivers]
   "Adaptec Ultra160 Family PCI SCSI Controller (29160)" = "OEM"

   Note If you also use this same unattend file on computers that have IDE controllers that start by using the in-box drivers (drivers that are included with Windows), add the following code line to the [MassStorageDrivers] section:

   "IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/PCI IDE Controller" = "RETAIL"

   If you do not add this code, you may receive an "Inaccessible Boot Device" Stop error message during the text mode portion of Setup.
9. In the Unattend.txt file, create an [OEMBootFiles] section and list the files that you previously copied to the Textmode folder. This typically includes an .inf file, a .sys file, and for Windows 2003 a .cat file. For example:

   [OEMBootFiles]
   Driver.Sys
   Driver.INF
   Driver.CAT
   Txtsetup.oem

10. Make sure that OemPreinstall=Yes is in the [Unattended] section of your unattend file. If it is not, Setup does not recognize the drivers.

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