RIS failure and multipartitioning

[Guest]

Hi.
Have two questions.
The first one is RIS concerning:
I've installed RIS and create OS image (winXP).
New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS images.
It says that there isn't approprate rights. It is even with credentials of
default domain administrator account.

Another question is:
Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
Or, at least one, of defined size or percentage?

Thank you.

 

[NIC Student]

Hi Alexey , welcome to the group.

Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?

============
By default, RIS consumes the whole drive, but you can use DISKPART to
partition it after the RIS is finished:

A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300415

I would try the CMDLines method to script this so it is unattended. My site
has a blurb on this method:

http://www.mvps.org/serverstuff/

You can also set partitions in a RIS setup on cd-based images (haven't seen
it work on RIPREP images but maybe...). Edit *.sif as follows:

[Unattended]
autopartition=0

[RemoteInstall]
Repartition = no
UseWholeDisk = no

You will be prompted to configure partitions at this point and the rest of
setup is automated as normal. I use this for server-based installs to
configure partitions. The sif is located here:
\\server\REMINST\Setup\language\Images\imagename\i386\Templates\

New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.

==============
Do you mean the RIS image has more than one OS on it? Or do you mean the
clients can't see all the OS choices on the RIS server?

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE


"Alexey Zhilenko"

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your reply.


About OS choice:

Wizard shows window "Unable to display operating system (OS)choises".
And it writes below:
The server "server name" cannot display OS choises.
You may not have sufficient network permissions to view the OS choises, or
the server might not have any OS images.

However there are two images on the server, and each of them has ACL that
includes Authenticated Users group. And i'm using credentials of default
domain administrator account during the process.

Hi Alexey , welcome to the group.

Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?

============
By default, RIS consumes the whole drive, but you can use DISKPART to
partition it after the RIS is finished:

A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300415

I would try the CMDLines method to script this so it is unattended. My site
has a blurb on this method:

http://www.mvps.org/serverstuff/

You can also set partitions in a RIS setup on cd-based images (haven't seen
it work on RIPREP images but maybe...). Edit *.sif as follows:

[Unattended]
autopartition=0

[RemoteInstall]
Repartition = no
UseWholeDisk = no

You will be prompted to configure partitions at this point and the rest of
setup is automated as normal. I use this for server-based installs to
configure partitions. The sif is located here:
\\server\REMINST\Setup\language\Images\imagename\i386\Templates\

New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.

==============
Do you mean the RIS image has more than one OS on it? Or do you mean the
clients can't see all the OS choices on the RIS server?

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE


"Alexey Zhilenko"

Hi.
Have two questions.
The first one is RIS concerning:
I've installed RIS and create OS image (winXP).
New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.
It says that there isn't approprate rights. It is even with credentials of
default domain administrator account.

Another question is:
Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
Or, at least one, of defined size or percentage?

Thank you.

 

[NIC Student]

Hi Alexey,

Very unusual. If your target machine's HAL doesn't match that of a RIPREP
image, the image will not appear in the list. Certainly the cd-based image
will appear unless the *.sif has ntfs permissions applied to it that are
preventing it from being displayed. Can you verify that?

At what point do you see the error message? What exact window? Is it the
custom install choices menu? Please verify that a GPO is not preventing you
from seeing custom images ("Choice Options" of Remote Installation Services
under User Configuration). Make sure that "Disabled" is not selected.
Ensure that another GPO is not set to "no override". I recommend GPMC for
this analysis:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/default.mspx

What server version are you using? What service pack?

Has RIS ever worked correctly?

Do you have a cd-based image available or was it removed somehow? Check to
see if the *.sif is still there.

Can you look on the RIS server for event log errors.

Can you add another cd-based image of XP (do not service pack, just a
vanilla plain one). Does it appear in the list to clients?

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE

"Alexey Zhilenko"

Thank you for your reply.


About OS choice:

Wizard shows window "Unable to display operating system (OS)choises".
And it writes below:
The server "server name" cannot display OS choises.
You may not have sufficient network permissions to view the OS choises, or
the server might not have any OS images.

However there are two images on the server, and each of them has ACL that
includes Authenticated Users group. And i'm using credentials of default
domain administrator account during the process.

Hi Alexey , welcome to the group.

Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?

============
By default, RIS consumes the whole drive, but you can use DISKPART to
partition it after the RIS is finished:

A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300415

I would try the CMDLines method to script this so it is unattended. My
site
has a blurb on this method:

http://www.mvps.org/serverstuff/

You can also set partitions in a RIS setup on cd-based images (haven't
seen
it work on RIPREP images but maybe...). Edit *.sif as follows:

[Unattended]
autopartition=0

[RemoteInstall]
Repartition = no
UseWholeDisk = no

You will be prompted to configure partitions at this point and the rest
of
setup is automated as normal. I use this for server-based installs to
configure partitions. The sif is located here:
\\server\REMINST\Setup\language\Images\imagename\i386\Templates\

New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.

==============
Do you mean the RIS image has more than one OS on it? Or do you mean the
clients can't see all the OS choices on the RIS server?

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE


"Alexey Zhilenko"

Hi.
Have two questions.
The first one is RIS concerning:
I've installed RIS and create OS image (winXP).
New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.
It says that there isn't approprate rights. It is even with credentials
of
default domain administrator account.

Another question is:
Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
Or, at least one, of defined size or percentage?

Thank you.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for collaboration.

I've checked all settings you said.
It's correct.
I mean GP, its overriding, sif file permissions.

About our servers and OS.
We use Win2003 Server.
I'm trying to set up RIS at first time.
And there are to images created from CD.
Every has permissions to allow reading for everybody now.
Check of server succeds.

I have window nooses.osc during the installation.

Hi Alexey,

Very unusual. If your target machine's HAL doesn't match that of a RIPREP
image, the image will not appear in the list. Certainly the cd-based image
will appear unless the *.sif has ntfs permissions applied to it that are
preventing it from being displayed. Can you verify that?

At what point do you see the error message? What exact window? Is it the
custom install choices menu? Please verify that a GPO is not preventing you
from seeing custom images ("Choice Options" of Remote Installation Services
under User Configuration). Make sure that "Disabled" is not selected.
Ensure that another GPO is not set to "no override". I recommend GPMC for
this analysis:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/default.mspx

What server version are you using? What service pack?

Has RIS ever worked correctly?

Do you have a cd-based image available or was it removed somehow? Check to
see if the *.sif is still there.

Can you look on the RIS server for event log errors.

Can you add another cd-based image of XP (do not service pack, just a
vanilla plain one). Does it appear in the list to clients?

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE

"Alexey Zhilenko"

Thank you for your reply.


About OS choice:

Wizard shows window "Unable to display operating system (OS)choises".
And it writes below:
The server "server name" cannot display OS choises.
You may not have sufficient network permissions to view the OS choises, or
the server might not have any OS images.

However there are two images on the server, and each of them has ACL that
includes Authenticated Users group. And i'm using credentials of default
domain administrator account during the process.

Hi Alexey , welcome to the group.

Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
============
By default, RIS consumes the whole drive, but you can use DISKPART to
partition it after the RIS is finished:

A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300415

I would try the CMDLines method to script this so it is unattended. My
site
has a blurb on this method:

http://www.mvps.org/serverstuff/

You can also set partitions in a RIS setup on cd-based images (haven't
seen
it work on RIPREP images but maybe...). Edit *.sif as follows:

[Unattended]
autopartition=0

[RemoteInstall]
Repartition = no
UseWholeDisk = no

You will be prompted to configure partitions at this point and the rest
of
setup is automated as normal. I use this for server-based installs to
configure partitions. The sif is located here:
\\server\REMINST\Setup\language\Images\imagename\i386\Templates\

New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.
==============
Do you mean the RIS image has more than one OS on it? Or do you mean the
clients can't see all the OS choices on the RIS server?

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE


"Alexey Zhilenko"
Hi.
Have two questions.
The first one is RIS concerning:
I've installed RIS and create OS image (winXP).
New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.
It says that there isn't approprate rights. It is even with credentials
of
default domain administrator account.

Another question is:
Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
Or, at least one, of defined size or percentage?

Thank you.

 

[Nick Payne]

To answer q2 first, if there are no partitions on the disk to start with,
then by putting the appropriate values on ExtendOemPartition=... you can
specify the partition size you want. ExtendOemPartition=1 will use the full
drive size. ExtendOemPartition=9999 will expand the existing partition by
9999Mb. etc.

For q1, have you done a verify of the RIS setup from the Remote Install tab
of the server properties.

Nick

 

[NIC Student]

Hmm, have you loaded GPMC and checked the policies carefully? The
User>RIS>Client Install Wizard>disabled prevent access to the os menu
choices exactly as you describe.


--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE


"Alexey Zhilenko"

Thank you for collaboration.

I've checked all settings you said.
It's correct.
I mean GP, its overriding, sif file permissions.

About our servers and OS.
We use Win2003 Server.
I'm trying to set up RIS at first time.
And there are to images created from CD.
Every has permissions to allow reading for everybody now.
Check of server succeds.

I have window nooses.osc during the installation.

Hi Alexey,

Very unusual. If your target machine's HAL doesn't match that of a
RIPREP
image, the image will not appear in the list. Certainly the cd-based
image
will appear unless the *.sif has ntfs permissions applied to it that are
preventing it from being displayed. Can you verify that?

At what point do you see the error message? What exact window? Is it
the
custom install choices menu? Please verify that a GPO is not preventing
you
from seeing custom images ("Choice Options" of Remote Installation
Services
under User Configuration). Make sure that "Disabled" is not selected.
Ensure that another GPO is not set to "no override". I recommend GPMC
for
this analysis:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/default.mspx

What server version are you using? What service pack?

Has RIS ever worked correctly?

Do you have a cd-based image available or was it removed somehow? Check
to
see if the *.sif is still there.

Can you look on the RIS server for event log errors.

Can you add another cd-based image of XP (do not service pack, just a
vanilla plain one). Does it appear in the list to clients?

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE

"Alexey Zhilenko"

Thank you for your reply.


About OS choice:

Wizard shows window "Unable to display operating system (OS)choises".
And it writes below:
The server "server name" cannot display OS choises.
You may not have sufficient network permissions to view the OS choises,
or
the server might not have any OS images.

However there are two images on the server, and each of them has ACL
that
includes Authenticated Users group. And i'm using credentials of
default
domain administrator account during the process.



:

Hi Alexey , welcome to the group.

Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
============
By default, RIS consumes the whole drive, but you can use DISKPART to
partition it after the RIS is finished:

A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300415

I would try the CMDLines method to script this so it is unattended.
My
site
has a blurb on this method:

http://www.mvps.org/serverstuff/

You can also set partitions in a RIS setup on cd-based images (haven't
seen
it work on RIPREP images but maybe...). Edit *.sif as follows:

[Unattended]
autopartition=0

[RemoteInstall]
Repartition = no
UseWholeDisk = no

You will be prompted to configure partitions at this point and the
rest
of
setup is automated as normal. I use this for server-based installs to
configure partitions. The sif is located here:
\\server\REMINST\Setup\language\Images\imagename\i386\Templates\

New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.
==============
Do you mean the RIS image has more than one OS on it? Or do you mean
the
clients can't see all the OS choices on the RIS server?

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE


"Alexey Zhilenko"
Hi.
Have two questions.
The first one is RIS concerning:
I've installed RIS and create OS image (winXP).
New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.
It says that there isn't approprate rights. It is even with
credentials
of
default domain administrator account.

Another question is:
Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
Or, at least one, of defined size or percentage?

Thank you.

 

[Guest]

Thank you.
I'm going to perform all steps from begining on Virtual Machine.
I hope it helps.

Hmm, have you loaded GPMC and checked the policies carefully? The
User>RIS>Client Install Wizard>disabled prevent access to the os menu
choices exactly as you describe.


--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE


"Alexey Zhilenko"

Thank you for collaboration.

I've checked all settings you said.
It's correct.
I mean GP, its overriding, sif file permissions.

About our servers and OS.
We use Win2003 Server.
I'm trying to set up RIS at first time.
And there are to images created from CD.
Every has permissions to allow reading for everybody now.
Check of server succeds.

I have window nooses.osc during the installation.

Hi Alexey,

Very unusual. If your target machine's HAL doesn't match that of a
RIPREP
image, the image will not appear in the list. Certainly the cd-based
image
will appear unless the *.sif has ntfs permissions applied to it that are
preventing it from being displayed. Can you verify that?

At what point do you see the error message? What exact window? Is it
the
custom install choices menu? Please verify that a GPO is not preventing
you
from seeing custom images ("Choice Options" of Remote Installation
Services
under User Configuration). Make sure that "Disabled" is not selected.
Ensure that another GPO is not set to "no override". I recommend GPMC
for
this analysis:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/default.mspx

What server version are you using? What service pack?

Has RIS ever worked correctly?

Do you have a cd-based image available or was it removed somehow? Check
to
see if the *.sif is still there.

Can you look on the RIS server for event log errors.

Can you add another cd-based image of XP (do not service pack, just a
vanilla plain one). Does it appear in the list to clients?

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE

"Alexey Zhilenko"
Thank you for your reply.


About OS choice:

Wizard shows window "Unable to display operating system (OS)choises".
And it writes below:
The server "server name" cannot display OS choises.
You may not have sufficient network permissions to view the OS choises,
or
the server might not have any OS images.

However there are two images on the server, and each of them has ACL
that
includes Authenticated Users group. And i'm using credentials of
default
domain administrator account during the process.



:

Hi Alexey , welcome to the group.

Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
============
By default, RIS consumes the whole drive, but you can use DISKPART to
partition it after the RIS is finished:

A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300415

I would try the CMDLines method to script this so it is unattended.
My
site
has a blurb on this method:

http://www.mvps.org/serverstuff/

You can also set partitions in a RIS setup on cd-based images (haven't
seen
it work on RIPREP images but maybe...). Edit *.sif as follows:

[Unattended]
autopartition=0

[RemoteInstall]
Repartition = no
UseWholeDisk = no

You will be prompted to configure partitions at this point and the
rest
of
setup is automated as normal. I use this for server-based installs to
configure partitions. The sif is located here:
\\server\REMINST\Setup\language\Images\imagename\i386\Templates\

New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.
==============
Do you mean the RIS image has more than one OS on it? Or do you mean
the
clients can't see all the OS choices on the RIS server?

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE


"Alexey Zhilenko"
Hi.
Have two questions.
The first one is RIS concerning:
I've installed RIS and create OS image (winXP).
New machine boots with RIS wizard, but it doesn't want to display OS
images.
It says that there isn't approprate rights. It is even with
credentials
of
default domain administrator account.

Another question is:
Is it possible to create two partition during the installation?
Or, at least one, of defined size or percentage?

Thank you.