diff --git a/scripts/download-drivers.py b/scripts/download-drivers.py
index 5b97978..999bb01 100755
--- a/scripts/download-drivers.py
+++ b/scripts/download-drivers.py
@@ -68,6 +68,53 @@ def ssh_cmd(host, cmd):
 
 
 
+# Remote path resolver that is case-insensitive about EXISTING directories.
+#
+# Dell/GE manifests spell the same folder inconsistently ("OptiPlex" vs
+# "Optiplex"). Windows does not care; the Samba share is backed by a
+# case-sensitive Linux filesystem, so a blind "mkdir -p" creates a SECOND tree
+# and the drivers split between them. That is exactly how the OptiPlex Micro
+# 7020 package went missing: the manifest asked for OptiPlex/D13MLK while the
+# 3.2 GB zip sat in Optiplex/D13MLK, so imaging installed no drivers at all -
+# no NIC, no WiFi, and bulk enrollment could not reach the CDN.
+#
+# Walk the path one component at a time and reuse whatever is already there,
+# whatever its case. Only genuinely new components get created.
+CI_RESOLVE_SH = r"""
+set -e
+p="$1"; shift
+for c in "$@"; do
+  [ -z "$c" ] && continue
+  if [ -d "$p/$c" ]; then
+    p="$p/$c"
+  else
+    m=$(ls -1 "$p" 2>/dev/null | awk -v c="$c" 'tolower($0)==tolower(c){print; exit}')
+    if [ -n "$m" ]; then p="$p/$m"; else mkdir -p "$p/$c"; p="$p/$c"; fi
+  fi
+done
+printf '%s' "$p"
+"""
+
+
+def mkdir_ci(host, target_dir):
+    """mkdir -p that reuses existing dirs differing only in case.
+
+    Returns the path that actually exists on the server, which may differ in
+    case from target_dir. Callers must use the RETURNED path."""
+    parts = [c for c in target_dir.split("/") if c]
+    if not parts:
+        return target_dir
+    base = "/" if target_dir.startswith("/") else "."
+    r = ssh_cmd(host, "bash -s -- '%s' %s <<'CIEOF'\n%s\nCIEOF" % (
+        base, " ".join("'%s'" % c.replace("'", "'\''") for c in parts), CI_RESOLVE_SH))
+    out = (r.stdout or "").strip()
+    if r.returncode != 0 or not out:
+        # Fall back to the old behaviour rather than skipping the download.
+        ssh_cmd(host, "mkdir -p '%s'" % target_dir)
+        return target_dir
+    return out
+
+
 def verify_sha256(filepath, expected):
     sha = hashlib.sha256()
     with open(filepath, "rb") as f:
@@ -324,7 +371,9 @@ def process_download(args, url, filename, sha256, size, target_dir, label, tmpdi
 
     # Push zip to PXE server
     print(f"  [{label}] Pushing to {target_dir}/{zip_name}...")
-    ssh_cmd(args.server, f"mkdir -p '{target_dir}'")
+    # Reuse an existing directory that differs only in case, or the drivers
+    # split across two trees and imaging silently installs none of them.
+    target_dir = mkdir_ci(args.server, target_dir)
     r = subprocess.run([
         "rsync", "-a",
         "-e", f"sshpass -p {PXE_PASS} ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o LogLevel=ERROR",