[[Discontinued] AutoRIS V2.10]

Hey Rogue, Need a Beta Tester?

[RIS Theory quesiton]

Correct. We're currently having the RIS machines join a workgroup - not be a member of the domain. However, the login process in RIS, to get the ball rolling, automatically creates a named computer object in AD.

[RIS One Machine At A Time?]

cool, I can live with that for now. Sorta in a crunch to get them going so that's a compromise I can live with.

But yeah, it is weird. hopefully I'll get it figured out before the next major deployment.

[RIS One Machine At A Time?]

Nope single homed- one card, one IP.

the machines are brand new Dell laptops w/different mac addresses.

[Noob Dell Insp 6400 / RIS Flat]

Thanks, got RISult - impressed with the ease of use. Just need working BTS packs now.

[win2003 hardware acceleration... how?]

ok, on my Server 2003 machine with default acceleration the reg entry dword value was 4.

Found as above but in {B1A73194-13C4-49F4-A275...} as Acceleration.Level

Changing the slider on the props/settings tab change the dword value to 0.

[RIS One Machine At A Time?]

Weird problem going on here. I got a flat install working so I went to test it on several machines.

Machine A starts RIS'ing and is downloading windows files.

Machine B starts RIS'sing and begins downloading windows files.

Machine A hard locks-up. (Num lock light doesn't function).

Machine B continues chugging and finished coping/installs fine.

I reverse them.

Machine B starts RIS'ing and is downloading windows files.

Machine A starts RIS'sing and begins downloading windows files.

Machine B hard locks-up. (Num lock light doesn't function).

Machine A continues chugging and finished coping/installs fine.

So now I'm at a loss. I've 'proven' its not a hardware issue on the computers themselves. Seems that I can only RIS one machine at a time, but I'm not sure why.

Anyone else run into this, Any thoughts?

Had thought if a file wasn't marked READ-ONLY and it should be for sharing purposes - then the 'last' machine would have a problem - not the first.

[Noob Dell Insp 6400 / RIS Flat]

going with the above reply. Can I use nLite to install all the update packs and drivers - have it create the ISO and use the ISO as the basis for RIS to create the flat install setup?

Can I add more then 1 model of drivers? Insp6400, GX520, GX280, etc? on one CD?

[Noob Dell Insp 6400 / RIS Flat]

ok, so I have a full functional RIS setup with a .sif file. It installs XP on the target Dell machine with the languages as I want them. Now what? How can I and is there an easy to follow guide on how to have all? of the drivers (video/audio/wireless/etc) install silently/automatically?

I've read alot on the forums and haven't seen a clear way to get this done-or did I miss something?

thanks for all of the help - this board has really helped me confront the RIS challenge. ;-)

[Noob Dell Insp 6400 / RIS Flat]

Cool. So int he drivers directories I would put all the gui setup.exe type files as well? And this would be for Video/audio/etc as well? How do they get installed? I noticed the video is only a .exe and .cfg file.

[Noob Dell Insp 6400 / RIS Flat]

Sweet - that works. LOL.

Okay but now I'm confused...I was under the impression that doing a flat image(OS Install) that I could use it for multiple types/configurations of hardware.

If I copy the NIC inf/sys into I386, some of my NIC drivers use the same filenames (but diff hardware).

Any options?

[Noob Dell Insp 6400 / RIS Flat]

Ok, I've setup RIS and used the RIS Server wizard to copy over the XP Cd.

I've created a sif file (shown below).

I've created a directory $OEM$ at my \Remote Install\Setup\English\Images\WinXP32\

I've created a directory under $OEM$ called $1

I've created a directory under $1 called Drivers

I've created a directory under Drivers called NIC - and placed the Inspiron 6400 driver files (.sys and .inf) there.

I boot the laptop to PXE and select the SIF file I want to run. It starts then I get told "The operating system image you selected does not contain the necessary drivers for your network adaptor."

I've tried everything I can think of and searched for and yet have not been able to resolve this.

Any thoughts?

[Data]

AutomaticUpdates = YES

AutoPartition = 1

MsDosInitiated = 0

UnattendedInstall = Yes

OemDrivers = OemInfFiles

[unattended]

Unattendmode = FullUnattended

UnattendSwitch = YES

OemPreinstall = YES

OemPnPDriversPath = drivers\NIC

OemSkipEULA = YES

TargetPath = WINDOWS

Filesystem = ConvertNTFS

DUDisable = YES

Hibernation = NO

WaitForReboot = NO

NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1

DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore

NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore

Repartition = YES

[GuiUnattended]

TimeZone = 035

AdminPassword = ...

EncryptedAdminPassword = Yes

OemSkipWelcome = 1

OEMSkipRegional = 1

AutoLogon = No

[userData]

FullName = "Technology Department"

OrgName = "The Epstein School"

ComputerName = *

ProductKey = ....

[Display]

BitsPerPel = 32

Xresolution = 1024

YResolution = 768

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents = Yes

[iEPopupBlocker]

AllowedSites=www.epsteinatlanta.org

[setupMgr]

DistFolder=C:\windist

DistShare=windist

[RemoteInstall]

Repartition=Yes

[OSChooser]

Description="Windows XP Pro 32bit - Epstein Installation - Template 11:53"

Help="This will install Windows Professional in an Epstein configuration."

LaunchFile="%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com"

ImageType=Flat