Pls go easy on me I'm totally confused and frustrated

I used Ripprep to copy an image to my ris server.

Windows explorer on the Ris sever

\images

Win2k3 (this is the Riprep inage)

Windows_2003 (this is the flat file from the cd)

Active Directory Users and Computers -> Remote Instal -> Advanced settings -> Images

Windows Server 2003, Standard "associated to Windows_2003 flat file"

Windows Server 2003 "associated to Windows_2003 flat file"

Windoes 2003 server "associated to Win2k3 riprep file"

When I PXE boot a client the only options are Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003. Where is the riprep image???

Have you modified the NTFS file permissions on the folder the Riprep image is stored in?

No I have not. All permissions are what Windows set them to.

Hi,

Does the HAL type of the client you're PXE booting from match the HAL type of the machine you created the RIPREP image on?

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309283

Good luck,

Andy

Edited December 23, 200520 yr by Fencer128

I am using the same computer for PXE that I used for Riprep

found it!!!

I compaired the sif file in the flat file with the sif in the riprep file. It seems riprep added HalName=halaacpi.dll to [OSChooser]

removed the line and the rip image appears???

Hi,

This does not seem to make sense. On the one hand you say you used the same machine to create the RIPREP image as you later did to attempt to install the same image via PXE boot/RIS.

Then you have to delete the HAL type declaration from the RIPREP image sif file to get RIS to show the same image in the oschoice menu for the same machine as that mentioned above.

The type aacpi *should* be the same hal type as the machine on which the RIPREP image was built (it always has been in my experience). The only reason you wouldn't have seen the image in the oschoice menu is because the machine you PXE booted does not have the correct hardware to work on the halaacpi hal type!?!?

I'm curious as to if the installation worked once you removed the hal dependancy from the sif file?

Andy

Edited December 24, 200520 yr by Fencer128