Dell E520 and PXE

[bad_ass_neil]

Hi

is there anyone out there using these dells and have booted from PXE, i am currently having some real problems.

the main problem is the intel SATA drivers and PXE in the fact that they don't like them, the problem is a file called iastor.sys (the driver)

This seams to be a common problem affecting all PXE booting and general system restore stuff.

in my googling i found this HERE

It gives a detailed list of how to solve this problem. this is all good but when i come to edit my txtsetup.sif and remove any offending lines
"iastor = iastor.sys,4 " -the only one i removed
it carries on fine but it then freezes and says its unable to find a HD?

ok fair enough it needs the iastor file for the drivers but it wont boot with that file in the [scsi.load] section, does anyone have any ideas to what i need to do?

i am guessing i need to call the drivers and place them in another location but i dont know where?

i am new to this RIS stuff so i don't have much experience in what i need to be editing.

can anyone help or point me in the right direction?

cheers

 

[Misan]

Have you edited the default script file RIS generates for your CD Image after running riprep.exe on the client machine?

You'll want to have the following in the [Unattended] section of the script. - ristndrd.sif
(Look in the i386\Templates directory of your CD Image for this file.)

Add in the follwing commands.

OemPreinstall = yes
OemPnpDriversPath= \Drivers
DriverSigningPolicy = ignore

The OemPnpDriversPath command should point to the following directory on your server (\RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\CD Image name\$OEM$\$1\Drivers). Note - In the script you'll be typing in the absolute path.

Dump any additional drivers required for installation (NIC, SATA etc) into the above directory. Now try booting up your client machine via PXE boot, choose your base image and see if the install runs OK. Obviously you'll want to edit the ristndrd.sif with any other custom information, such as Windows CD Key, display settings and so fourth.

Hope this helps.

 

[bad_ass_neil]

cheers mate i was having a play with this yesterday, and i was starting to change the ristndrd.sif file.

i will have another go tomorrow and see what happens

thanks for your help