I have been having a problem getting 3rd party device drivers to work on my RIS server. I have tried several client images and have configured the RIS server from scratch twice now. Every time I get to just after the CIW and receive the error: Operating system image does not contain the nessisary drivers for your network adapter.

Here is a copy of my sif file. The drivers are in the $oem$\$1\dell\drivers folder under, not IN the i386 folder. I flattened the driver folder out so all of the files like inf cab and cat files are located in the same folder.

I can't think of anything else to do. I would greatly appreciate any help I could recieve on this. We have a lot of laptops to image and this would save us a whole lot of man hours.

Thank you

[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%"

SysPrepDevice="\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%SYSPREPPATH%"

SysPrepDriversDevice="\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%SYSPREPDRIVERS%"

[unattended]

OemPreinstall = yes

FileSystem = LeaveAlone

ExtendOEMPartition = 0

TargetPath = \WINDOWS

OemSkipEula = yes

InstallFilesPath = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"

oempnpdriverspath=\windows\dell\drivers\nic;\windows\dell\drivers\video;\windows\dell\drivers\chipset

LegacyNIC = 1

repartition=yes

unattendedmode=readonly

unattendedswitch=yes

[userData]

FullName = "%USERFIRSTNAME% %USERLASTNAME%"

OrgName = "%ORGNAME%"

ComputerName ="%MACHINENAME%"

productid= xxxx-bla bla bla

[GuiUnattended]

OemSkipWelcome = 1

OemSkipRegional = 1

TimeZone = %TIMEZONE%

AdminPassword = "mypassword"

[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

First of all - this thread is in the wrong forum, should move it into the RIS forum!

Second, the .sif file looks pretty screwed p according to me..... ur problem comes from the fact that u have not supplied the needed .sys and the .inf files for the NIC to ur RIS image's i386 folder or the .inf file u have supplied must be edited to support booting from an RIS environment. Most manufacters release drivers for there NIC's that have a specific .inf file that supports RIS booting...

Thank you for the help. I have tried to specify the inf but not the sys. I have also not looked for drivers specificly for ris installation. Thank you for the insite.