Re: RIS failure
From: NIC Student (nospam_at_nospam.land)
Date: 12/24/04
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Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:11:37 -0800
Hmm, have you loaded GPMC and checked the policies carefully? The
User>RIS>Client Install Wizard>disabled prevent access to the os menu
choices exactly as you describe.
--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE
"Alexey Zhilenko"
> Thank you for collaboration.
>
> I've checked all settings you said.
> It's correct.
> I mean GP, its overriding, sif file permissions.
>
> About our servers and OS.
> We use Win2003 Server.
> I'm trying to set up RIS at first time.
> And there are to images created from CD.
> Every has permissions to allow reading for everybody now.
> Check of server succeds.
>
> I have window nooses.osc during the installation.
>
>
>
> "NIC Student" wrote:
>
>> Hi Alexey,
>>
>> Very unusual. If your target machine's HAL doesn't match that of a
>> RIPREP
>> image, the image will not appear in the list. Certainly the cd-based
>> image
>> will appear unless the *.sif has ntfs permissions applied to it that are
>> preventing it from being displayed. Can you verify that?
>>
>> At what point do you see the error message? What exact window? Is it
>> the
>> custom install choices menu? Please verify that a GPO is not preventing
>> you
>> from seeing custom images ("Choice Options" of Remote Installation
>> Services
>> under User Configuration). Make sure that "Disabled" is not selected.
>> Ensure that another GPO is not set to "no override". I recommend GPMC
>> for
>> this analysis:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/default.mspx
>>
>> What server version are you using? What service pack?
>>
>> Has RIS ever worked correctly?
>>
>> Do you have a cd-based image available or was it removed somehow? Check
>> to
>> see if the *.sif is still there.
>>
>> Can you look on the RIS server for event log errors.
>>
>> Can you add another cd-based image of XP (do not service pack, just a
>> vanilla plain one). Does it appear in the list to clients?
>>
>> --
>> Scott Baldridge
>> Windows Server MVP, MCSE
>>
>> "Alexey Zhilenko"
>> > Thank you for your reply.
>> >
>> >
>> > About OS choice:
>> >
>> > Wizard shows window "Unable to display operating system (OS)choises".
>> > And it writes below:
>> > The server "server name" cannot display OS choises.
>> > You may not have sufficient network permissions to view the OS choises,
>> > or
>> > the server might not have any OS images.
>> >
>> > However there are two images on the server, and each of them has ACL
>> > that
>> > includes Authenticated Users group. And i'm using credentials of
>> > default
>> > domain administrator account during the process.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "NIC Student" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Alexey , welcome to the group.
>> >>
>> >> > Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
>> >> ============
>> >> By default, RIS consumes the whole drive, but you can use DISKPART to
>> >> partition it after the RIS is finished:
>> >>
>> >> A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300415
>> >>
>> >> I would try the CMDLines method to script this so it is unattended.
>> >> My
>> >> site
>> >> has a blurb on this method:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.mvps.org/serverstuff/
>> >>
>> >> You can also set partitions in a RIS setup on cd-based images (haven't
>> >> seen
>> >> it work on RIPREP images but maybe...). Edit *.sif as follows:
>> >>
>> >> [Unattended]
>> >> autopartition=0
>> >>
>> >> [RemoteInstall]
>> >> Repartition = no
>> >> UseWholeDisk = no
>> >>
>> >> You will be prompted to configure partitions at this point and the
>> >> rest
>> >> of
>> >> setup is automated as normal. I use this for server-based installs to
>> >> configure partitions. The sif is located here:
>> >> \\server\REMINST\Setup\language\Images\imagename\i386\Templates\
>> >>
>> >> > New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
>> >> > images.
>> >> ==============
>> >> Do you mean the RIS image has more than one OS on it? Or do you mean
>> >> the
>> >> clients can't see all the OS choices on the RIS server?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Scott Baldridge
>> >> Windows Server MVP, MCSE
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Alexey Zhilenko"
>> >> > Hi.
>> >> > Have two questions.
>> >> > The first one is RIS concerning:
>> >> > I've installed RIS and create OS image (winXP).
>> >> > New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
>> >> > images.
>> >> > It says that there isn't approprate rights. It is even with
>> >> > credentials
>> >> > of
>> >> > default domain administrator account.
>> >> >
>> >> > Another question is:
>> >> > Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
>> >> > Or, at least one, of defined size or percentage?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
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