RIS with 82546EB client

[Stanley]

Trying to remote install a client with intel 82546EB gig-
ethernet. The driver is called E10005nt.sys. There is
already E10005nt.sys in the original 2000 installation.
Using either one I get an error saying it doesn't support
my network i/f. The new driver - which is newest available-
lacks a digital signature. The docs also say you can't
replace a sig with non-sig driver. moan.

So I did a local install on the client, added the driver
then networked to the server and did a riprep. Boot the
new image and it still says the network i/f is not
supported.
Is there anything other that hunting down an (probably
older) 82546EB signed driver?
regards
Stanley

 

[Jay]

You could try dumping the driver files (inf, dll) into the
i386 folder of your flat file image you made with
risetup. It worked for newer intel 10/100 cards on the
dells I have here.

 

[NIC Student]

You can use unsigned drivers.

Download the latest drivers for the nic and follow the steps in this
article. You will need to edit the *.sif file in your RIS image as follows:

[Unattended]
OemPreinstall = yes
Oempnpdriverspath = \Drivers\nic\
DriverSigningPolicy = ignore

How to Add Third-Party OEM Network Adapters to RIS Installations
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;246184