Hi guys, here is a tough one for you.

I am creating a PXE based rebuild solution and I am running out of options. PE2 worked great on most of the devices in my environment but requires ACPI support. Unfortunately I have an older device model that isn't ready to be replaced that needs to be part of my solution.

So I am working with BartPE(SDI method) and PE1.6(ISO method), both of them exhibit the same basic issue, and only on this one device model, it works great on the other 5-6. When I PXE boot the device I get one of 3 results, and its a roll of the dice every time it boots up.

1.) The boot process freezes at the "Please Wait..." bar.

2.) The boot process freezes after booting into PE/Bart, but freezes while loading the networking portion.

3.) Passes the networking portion, and works fine until rebooted - next time we roll the dice again.

I've tried different versions of the network drivers from both the manufacturer of the system/motherboard and the chip maker.

The hardware is an IBM POS Device model 4694-247.

I'm stumped, if you have any ideas please throw them at me!

Thanks,

John

Does you old "box" boot at all with either winpe 1.6 or bartspe?

How about use winpe 2.0 and have a speaical lite touch cd/dvd for this box?

Vista is ACPI only, Since PE2.0 is built on Vista i would assume the same.

Have you tried a flat cd boot of pe on your "problem" box? Some systems just won't boot ramdrive versions