Re: RIS windows XP SP2

From: Mike Koch (mikey_at_NOSPAMebgames.com)
Date: 01/23/05 

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:42:06 -0500

The greyed out option to join a domain is a clue. If you check your network
properties, you'll find that no network card exists. The text mode driver
works to pull down the image from the RIS server, but the oem driver is not
working, so no nic is detected during the installation.

I had a similar problem with the SX280, which wasn't resolved until I
downloaded the latest driver from Intel, as well as a RIS-specific inf file,
which I got from here:

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Detail_Desc.asp?strState=LIVE&PrdMap=prd38&DwnldID=6760&agr=N

Hope it helps.
Mike

"Pantz1" <Pantz1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DCD7C372-514E-4F33-BFCC-D805C23D5744@microsoft.com...
>I have been deploying windows XP with SP1a successfully with no problems
> appart from some teething trouble in the beggining which seemed to be
> resolved with service packs for my RIS 2K server, it is also used for
> windows
> 2k installs too.
>
> I have just added a new xp base with sp2 image on my server after a couple
> of problems with the driver not being available i found a patch and just
> put
> the sys and inf for the drivers in the i386 (we use intel gig nics in our
> custom hardware builds and broadcom gig nics in the DELL GX280's). This
> afternoon i successfully got my new fully unattended image onto the Dell
> GX280, Latitude D600 laptop and the custom build intel. All seemed well
> until i tried to run the office install from our installer accross the
> network. There was an error cant remember what it was now but when i
> looked
> in the services i found the computer browser service was not started when
> i
> tried to start it got a depenency error so tried to start the dependant
> which
> was sever and workstation services, server started but the workstation
> errored. I am sure the problem lies here as i can get internet and
> intranet
> also resolve dns names to ips and ping the installer server. Also if i
> try
> to join the domain the option is greyed out.
>
> Does anyone have a clue what is going on?
>

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