Re: New NIC support

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I usually not reccomend using cd/dvs at all due to security and ease
of update reasons...

I prefer to boot WinPE using PXE (RIS, WDS or other). In that way the
media can be easily updated from a central location and some security
can be added..


regards

Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment


On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 15:32:29 -0500, "akongsjo"
<akongsjo@intersildotcom> wrote:

Is there any way of updating NIC drivers for WinPE "on the fly" from a
previously burned bootable DVD?

Does someone on the list have a creative solution to this?

Background
We have successfully been using a BDD developed image and deploying using
OSD from a DVD. We have also included a "Connect to..." task that allows
pulling down Just In Time drivers for integration with the image by
ZeroTouchInstallation.vbs.

If the hardware vendor makes a change in NIC, this task will fail and will
break the OS deployment because the NIC is not supported by the booted
version of WinPE. Tasks following do not run because of the failed "Connect
to..." task.

Ideas offered by my peers (may or may not be usable)...
provide new drivers on a USB key. (how to make WinPE use that when
booting???)
provide a generic LAN driver that offers limited functionality but will
work on any hardware
bootable USB key that references the WIM image on the optical drive

And last
burn new DVD media (the obvious but last resort)

.

Relevant Pages

  • New NIC support
    ... previously burned bootable DVD? ... OSD from a DVD. ... pulling down Just In Time drivers for integration with the image by ... version of WinPE. ...
    (microsoft.public.sms.tools)
  • Re: ADS 1.1 and WinPE
    ... In the other hand with the WinPE Agent you need to add the drivers to the ... WinPE Image inside of the ADS Repository. ... > Has that not got something to do with the PRESystem folder not having the ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.setup)
  • Re: OSD Image Capture Wizard Network Issue
    ... WinPE won't use the drivers in the net folder... ... Make sure all nic drivers are located in one single folder and specify ... that folder when creating the image capture CD. ...
    (microsoft.public.sms.tools)
  • Re: WINBOM Vs RIS
    ... >using DRVINST.EXE to inject the drivers into a customized Windows PE image. ... >> When trying to boot WINPE from a RIS server from a new Intel motherboard, ... >> How can i add a network adapter for WINPE boot? ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
  • Re: WinPE over RIS and nVidia nics
    ... Did you add the NIC drivers to WinPE in that image as well? ... from RIS you basically have to add the NIC twice. ... The ones that don't work are the nVidia onboard nics. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)