[Riprep Errors]

I have a RIS server installed, setup and working. I have also have several Riprep images stored on it that work fine from PXE boot. The problem is now that when I try to Riprep an image to the RIS server I get the following errors:

Invalid handle error message, then the red stops come flooding in. The riprep log looks like this:

Error 0x00000006: UNC\server\REMINST\Setup\English\Images\RIPREP1\i386\Mirror1\UserData\WINDOWS

User requested a retry of the last operation.*

* 11/15/2005 15:31:28

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Error 0x00000003: C:\WINDOWS\0.log

User requested a retry of the last operation.*

* 11/15/2005 15:31:29

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Error 0x00000003: C:\WINDOWS\Blue Lace 16.bmp

User requested a retry of the last operation.*

* 11/15/2005 15:31:30

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Error 0x00000003: C:\WINDOWS\bootstat.dat

User requested a retry of the last operation.*

* 11/15/2005 15:31:30

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Error 0x00000003: C:\WINDOWS\clock.avi

User requested a retry of the last operation.*

* 11/15/2005 15:31:31

The only thing that has changed from when it was working until now is the network backbone was upgraded from 100 MB to 1 GB. Ever since then, I can bring images down from the RIS server but cannot Riprep new ones to the RIS server.

I haven't had much luck with the forums or google, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

[RIS Flat-Image Question]

I have set up a RIS server and have deployed RIS flat-images and RIPREP images with no problems. I would like to expand my deployment with a RIS flat-image using different answer files with different driver configurations.

For example:

We have several different Intel Based motherboards (D845GERG2, D845GRG, D915GLVG, D915GUX etc.) each with their own driver packages. I would like to be able to use one Windows XP Pro SP2 flat image to deploy XP to all these systems with the correct drivers installed during setup using RIS.

I have used the following directory structure on the RIS server:

Win2002.pro

l-I386

l-OEM2

l---$OEM$

l-----$$

l-------Drivers

l----------Nic

l----------Video

l----------Audio

Then I modified the answer file (ristndrd.sif) in the Win2002.pro\I386\Templates folder with the following:

OemFilesPath="\\server\REMINST\Setup\language\Images\Win2002.pro\OEM2\$OEM$"

OemPnPDriversPath="\Windows\Drivers\Audio\SMAXWDM\W2K_XP;Windows\Drivers\Nic;\Windows\Drivers\Video\Win2000"

But it won’t copy or pickup the driver files during installation! I’m trying to avoid putting all the driver files into one folder under the $OEM$ because I don’t want to copy every driver set to every PC in the deployment because each set is around 50 MB!

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated!