Problem with RIS and Windows XP

[Brian Vanover]

I'm using Windows 2000 Server, trying to create RIS Images for Windows XP -
I have the base image installed. After I setup a machine using the base
image, then configure it like I want, then wait an hour for RIPREP to upload
it, I get the following error.

The Network location cannot be reached. For information about network
troubleshooting, consult Windows Help. - or something very similar. It
does this for startrom.com and the other 3 files it is trying to throw into
the templates directory. Making a windows 2000 image works just fine.

Has anyone else ran into this? What is the fix?

 

[Brian Vanover]

Addendum: I'm also having problems when I try and pull anything down but
the base image. I was able to get the 'modified' image working by manually
copying into the templates dir, and modifying riprep.sif - now I get

"Setup cannot copy the operating system image you selected.
Cannot read image configuration file from

Contact your system administrator."


The blank line under ..file from.. is exactly as it appears on the screen..
this is a totally useless help screen.

Now, normally, I'd just assume it was something I did with the sif file, but
this is the EXACT same problem I was having 3 days ago when I tried doing
XP. (at which point I just started over with my base image).

Can someone tell me - If I upgrade the server to Server 2003 with RIS, will
XP images actually work?

Or is there some other underlying issue that I am missing?

 

[Gui]

Check out article KB304314 - How to deploy XP Images from Win 2000 RIS
Servers

-Brian

 

[mazhas]

check for these lines in riprep.sif

[SetupData]
OsLoadOptions = "/noguiboot /fastdetect"
SetupSourceDevice
="\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"
SysPrepDevice="\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%SYSPREPPATH%"
SysPrepDriversDevice="\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%SYSPREPDRIVERS%"