RE: [ActiveDir] Remote Installation Headaches

[Rich Milburn]

Edwin, there are two different things you have to do: 1)      you have to get the drivers for the PXE boot, which you did, and 2)      you have to add the drivers to the OS source.  I see you have tried to do this, but sounds like it’s still not finding them.  It can be tricky getting them in the right place.  You can put them in a folder and reference to C:\drivers\NIC but I’ll have see if I can find where I have #2 documented, unless someone else gets to it first.   The reason your computer is not joining the domain is the NIC drivers, if the drivers installed it would join the domain.  It can’t reach the domain to verify your account and password and create the account, so it silently fails and does workgroup.  Fix the NIC and this will fix itself.   Rich Milburn MCSE, Microsoft MVP - Directory Services Sr Network Analyst, Field Platform Development Applebee's International, Inc. 4551 W. 107th St Overland Park, KS 66207 913-967-2819 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 9:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Remote Installation Headaches   I am attempting to use RIS and am getting problem after problem.   I posted a question about PXE and the NIC being used and was informed that I would have to download and use RIS specific drivers for the network card I am using.   http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Detail_Desc.asp?agr=N&ProductID=407&DwnldID=6760   This worked great!  It did what I needed.   Now, the install runs through with no problem but when it has completed, I see that the NIC is not being recognized nor the Audio card.  I don’t really care for the Audio right now.   Also, I am updating the ristndrd.sif file to try and add the machine to the domain and have added the values as displayed below:   [Identification] JoinDomain = mydomain DomainAdmin = User DomainAdminPassword = "password"   The computer is being added to the OU that I want (I assume when in Text Mode) but the machine doesn’t appear to be a part of the domain once the new OS install is completed.  And if it was, I would still need to resolve the NIC problem.   I have created and modified the same above file to look for 3rd party drivers.  The driver files are located in the specified locations.  The updated section of the file is also below:   [Unattended] OemPreinstall = no NoWaitAfterTextMode = 0 FileSystem = LeaveAlone ExtendOEMPartition = 0 ConfirmHardware = no NtUpgrade = no Win31Upgrade = no TargetPath = \WINNT OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade = no OemSkipEula = yes InstallFilesPath = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%" OemPreinstall = yes OemPnpDriversPath = "Drivers\Audio;Drivers\NIC"   Why doesn’t the machine become a part of the domain and how come the NIC isn’t being installed? -------APPLEBEE'S INTERNATIONAL, INC. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE------- PRIVILEGED / CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION may be contained in this message or any attachments. This information is strictly confidential and may be subject to attorney-client privilege. This message is intended only for the use of the named addressee. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this in error, you should kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail and immediately destroy this message. Unauthorized interception of this e-mail is a violation of federal criminal law. Applebee's International, Inc. reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to and from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Applebee's International, Inc. e-mail system.