Please Help! RIS 2003 HAL Filter

[mjgibsoncoxnet]

Need help!!

Premise:

With Ghost imaging, we developed a "near universal" image process for installing a single NT based OS (2K, XP, 2K3) across a line (P2 No-name to P4 Dell PCs and Servers) of computers.

Situation:

I have been tasked with developing a RIS (Svr 2003 Ent) solution for a Gov organization. I want to adapt the above process on RIS images. Preliminary tests say it should work.

Problem:

Win 2003 RIS has a "HAL filter". I can't continue development

Please help (Project progress due "soon")!!!

I think I can solve the issue if I can get some help with the following:

1. In pushing up the image and pulling down the image, where does the RIS server read the HAL type from? Is it the Registry, the BIOS, the HAL Files, where?

2. Removal of the HAL Filter. I can test the process if someone can tell me how to turn the filtering off. Which answer file, etc.?

3. If you can't tell me how to turn the filter off, can you tell me how to make the RIS server see every PC imaged as having the same HAL. Thus no filtering.

Thanks,

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Mike Gibson

Applications Management and Solutions

DOT/FAA

mike.ctr.gibson@faa.gov

Edited July 30, 2005 by mjgibsoncoxnet