Here is a surprising issue... I recently upgraded the NIC in our server that is hosting the unattended OS files to a Gig ether nic (Intel PRO/1000 XT). Since then, all unattended OS installs have failed during the text mode copying of files. It doesn't matter which os, what the target hardware is, or which network driver is used (pcnet and el90x primarily tested here). The Symptom is: During the copying of files for the os install, the copying stops in random places and the (OS) install eventually times out with an error something like "can not copy file XXX...". When I drop back to a command prompt to check the state of the network connection, it has basically terminated. When I try to access the Z: mapping, dos throws "extended error 58". I am in the process of trying BUFFERS= and FILES= settings in config.sys to no avail. Also, I looked into possibly doing SPEED=10 in protocol.ini but such thing doesn't seem to be supported in the PCNet driver. It looks like I am very close to being forced to do all my OS installs from CD :( or building up an old slower linux box to test and host the files. Does anybody have any ideas? Doesn't it sound like the dos nic driver is getting data too fast?
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