which version number of the driver are you injecting? To be sure, you are loading the windows 8.1 driver into the boot image, that is what pe 5.1 requires.
----- Original Message ----- > On a Dell Optiplex 980, when booting from a USB stick with a WinPE 5.1 image > created by SCCM 2012/MDT 2013 I am not getting an IP address. > > I am pretty sure I have the correct driver loaded in the WIM, but for some > reason it is not loading correctly and then I do not get an IP address. > > I am able to find the correct driver in the X:\Windows\INF folder in the Boot > Wim when booted from the stick as “OEM28.inf” – so the driver is injected > properly as far as I can tell. > > I am able to load the driver using “drvload oem28.inf” from a command prompt. > > When I load the driver in this way and do “wpeutil initializeNetwork” then I > get an IP address. So I think I have the right driver in there, but it is > just not being detected correctly. > > Does anyone have any tips? I am pretty sure the ven/dev code for the > Ethernet device in the Optiplex 980 is 8086/10EF- and that code is listed as > supported in the driver that gets loaded by adding the drivers to the WIM > (as evidenced by OEM28.inf > > > Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the > Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential > and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the > sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank > you.
