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I am running into a problem that exhibits the same behavior. I get to the point in the RIS install where "Setup Is Starting Windows" is displayed but then the install will not proceed any farther. Here is a run down of my setup: RIS Server: Windows 2003 Server Standard SP1 fully patched DHCP server for a RIS-only range of IPs Client Server: (machine I am attempting to install to) HP DL360 G4p with HP Smart Array Controller 6i All firmware up to date via HP Firmware CD v. 7.61 SmartStart v. 7.70 used to wipe system and create mirrored array with two 72 GB SCSI drives OS to be deployed: Windows 2003 Server Standard SP1 (from MSDN CD) This is a completely clean install created with Risetup. The only thing that has been added to the following directory structure: "E:\RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\AAAWING" (AAAWING is the name I chose for the folder containing i386) is the RIS-specific driver for the Intel NIC (technically it is 3 files) and those files were added to the i386 folder directly. I initially ran into the issue where RIS reports that the OS you have chosen does not contain the necessary drivers for the NIC so that is why I added them to i386. Just so you know, here is a list of those files: q57win32.cat q57win32.inf q57xp32.sys I am assuming my install hangs due to Mass Storage Drivers as this is the point in Setup where windows would format the drive and then continue with the install. While I would ultimately like this entire process to be Unattended, right now I am just looking to get past this issue even in ATTENDED mode. All of my previous attempts to get this to work have been with the cpqcissm drivers located on the SmartStart 7.70 CD. The files are listed below: cpqcissm.cat cpqcissm.inf cpqcissm.sys txtsetup.oem I have followed the tutorial in the Unattended Guide on this site but that did not work. I have also tried the RIS tutorial on this site posted by dk (the one that is stickied) and followed up on a few more ideas posted here. I have seen a great deal of the Internet while searching for a solution. I followed a few different ideas at the IT Resource Center Forums and also tried solutions provided by both HP and Microsoft. I am really at a loss here. Is the HP DL360 G4p the issue? I do not use any user-created applications or compilations (ie, RyanVM, AutoRIS, nLite, Bashrat...) No offense but I just cannot use those tools in this corporate environment. From what I have read I really shouldn't need to use those anyway. Although I am well aware of how much easier they make things. I have tried so many different iterations of my ristndrd.sif (the one created in the templates folder under i386) that I don't feel that posting any one would help here. I am (for the 5th time) starting from scratch. This time, however, I am asking for your help directly. I am posting the totally clean, default ristndrd.sif below. What I am asking is for anyone (or everyone) to fill the blanks here. What does it take to make this work? I am not looking for you to do my work for me. I am hoping that something will get posted that I have yet to try. I apologize for the lengthy post. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. [data] floppyless = "1" msdosinitiated = "1" OriSrc = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%" OriTyp = "4" LocalSourceOnCD = 1 DisableAdminAccountOnDomainJoin = 1 [SetupData] OsLoadOptions = "/noguiboot /fastdetect" SetupSourceDevice = "\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%" [Unattended] OemPreinstall = no FileSystem = LeaveAlone ExtendOEMPartition = 0 TargetPath = \WINDOWS OemSkipEula = yes InstallFilesPath = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%" LegacyNIC = 1 [UserData] FullName = "%USERFIRSTNAME% %USERLASTNAME%" OrgName = "%ORGNAME%" ComputerName = %MACHINENAME% [GuiUnattended] OemSkipWelcome = 1 OemSkipRegional = 1 TimeZone = %TIMEZONE% AdminPassword = "*" [LicenseFilePrintData] AutoMode = PerSeat [Display] BitsPerPel = 16 XResolution = 800 YResolution = 600 VRefresh = 60 [Networking] [NetServices] MS_Server=params.MS_PSched [Identification] JoinDomain = %MACHINEDOMAIN% DoOldStyleDomainJoin = Yes [RemoteInstall] Repartition = Yes UseWholeDisk = Yes [OSChooser] Description ="Windows Server 2003, Standard - AAAWING" Help ="Automatically installs Windows Server 2003, Standard without prompting the user for input." LaunchFile = "%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com" ImageType =Flat Version="5.2 (3790)"