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RIS: ADDING YOUR OWN NETWORK DRIVERS

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by williamoshea

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Dear Colleagues,
I have setup a RIS server and saved a CD image as well as another image with insalled programs +++ to it. The Dell Pcs came with a n Intel pro NIC, and the RIS server would not boot to these. I read that it is posible to modify the RIS images so they boot from any network card. can someone explain to me in simple steps how to do this. Please do not refer me to MS Knowledgebase articles because i am sitting here trying to get my head around the articles, that's why i need someone who has probably tested it in his/her environment to tell me in simple terms how that is done.
Thak you for your help

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by sgt_shultz

RIS is tricky. but it is not magic. nor are we magicians or that much smarter than you.
but you do not give enuf.
what dell? what nic? what error message?
if you do not like MS articles, what did you think of the dell articles.
here's one (of several found but who knows what is relevant for you? you do not give enough info. that is not an accident, is it?):
RIS Solution guide to GX260/SX260 and GX270/SX270 with Intel 1000 Pro NIC
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=oplex_network&message.id=3927&c=us&l=en&cs=&s=gen
as soon as i hit my 150k I am so ought here because of posts like yours. I will get your job instead...

by cg it

2 ways, a PXE compatible NIC or you create a boot disk that has the drivers you want. here's the Microsoft KB on PXE boot disks http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314836

second is a DHCP server to give the client an IP address on the network

Third is the RIS server and the share that contains the Image you want to deploy.

by cg it

when you create the image, you also create an answer file [for unattended installation, which contains the answers to the questions W2K and XP ask during installation such as 3rd party drivers, product key, location and time zone, name and name of the organization, administrator account and password yadda yadda yadda. all that gets into the .msi image file you create.

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