RIS Imaging Issues

jmallett · 05-24-2007, 06:10 AM

I am trying to create a RIS image to roll out over 400 identical PC's at a college. I have created a master system, ran sysprep, then riprep. Near the end of the image creation i get four errors STARTROM.COM, NTDETECT.COM, NTDLR, RISTNDRD all saying the network location cannot be reached. I have looked on the microsofts site and followed the work around but this has had no affect.

I have managed to get the image up as an option using pxe boot by copying the template folder and editing the riprep.sif file, however when i goto run the image on a client it installs it but then comes up with \WINDOWS\system32\config\SYSTEM. is missing or corrupt.

Has anyone got any ideas?

crazijoe · 05-24-2007, 07:45 AM

From what it looks like the NTLDR is not copying and is most probably your culprit. I have seen some NIC drivers become an issue and you have to edit the .inf file of the drive. Specifically Broadcom NICs.

Also, I have noticed that some Windows updates will conflict with a RIS image. Namely from what I have noticed IE7 and dotnet.

05-24-2007, 06:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
jmallett Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1 OS: xp	RIS Imaging Issues I am trying to create a RIS image to roll out over 400 identical PC's at a college. I have created a master system, ran sysprep, then riprep. Near the end of the image creation i get four errors STARTROM.COM, NTDETECT.COM, NTDLR, RISTNDRD all saying the network location cannot be reached. I have looked on the microsofts site and followed the work around but this has had no affect. I have managed to get the image up as an option using pxe boot by copying the template folder and editing the riprep.sif file, however when i goto run the image on a client it installs it but then comes up with \WINDOWS\system32\config\SYSTEM. is missing or corrupt. Has anyone got any ideas?

05-24-2007, 07:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	Re: RIS Imaging Issues From what it looks like the NTLDR is not copying and is most probably your culprit. I have seen some NIC drivers become an issue and you have to edit the .inf file of the drive. Specifically Broadcom NICs. Also, I have noticed that some Windows updates will conflict with a RIS image. Namely from what I have noticed IE7 and dotnet. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software