Problem with RIPPREP

S

Sass

I have W2k server with SP4 + RIS (patch Q313069 applied).
I run riprep.exe in XP Pro and got error:
"The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message
file for %2.
There was a problem with this file and might not be included in the new
installation image. RETRY,IGNORE, ABORT"

Pressing Retry, Ignore and finally Abort to create log and then looks
riprep.log so:
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Server : risrv
Image Dir : xptest
Language : English
Architecture: i386
Description : test
HelpText :
SystemRoot : Mirror1\userdata\winnt
Winnt Dir : C:\WINDOWS
*
* 12/23/2003 08:01:58
*
Error 0x00000006:
UNC\ris\REMINST\Setup\English\Images\xptest\i386\Mirror1\UserData\WINDOWS
User requested a retry of the last operation.*
* 12/23/2003 08:01:59
*
Error 0x00000006:
UNC\ris\REMINST\Setup\English\Images\xptest\i386\Mirror1\UserData\WINDOWS
Error ignored. Operation continuing.*
* 12/23/2003 08:02:00
*
Error 0x00000003: C:\WINDOWS\0.log
Error ignored. Operation continuing.*
* 12/23/2003 08:02:01
*
Error 0x00000003: C:\WINDOWS\bootstat.dat
Operation aborted. Exiting. The image is incomplete.
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I discovered, that riprep creates empty files instead of folders. Example:
must be created folder WINDOWS, but creates empty file WINDOWS without
extension. When i after riprep error find this empty file in RIS server
....Images\xptest\i386\Mirror1\UserData\..., delete it and create folder with
same name instead and press retry in riprep, can riprep proceed to next such
error.

Where is the problem?

Thank you in Advance
 
N

NIC Student

Can you RIS a machine, then without updating it at all - RIPREP it back to
the server? You should be able to do this if RIS is working correctly. If
that works then look closely at each software you install (hotfixes, etc)
and each setting to see which one is causing the problem. If you have 10
things you want to do before RIPREPing, then do 5 and see if it works, if
not, then do 2. Narrow it down that way.
 

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