win 2003 - RIS install for Compaq Proliant CL380

[Gena]

Hi

I tried to get RIS install for Compaq Proliant CL380 cluster. This box
includes Compaq Integrated Smart Array. For manual installation I used
floppy disk with OEM drivers from Compaq and press F6 during text mode
installation. This works fine. But I cannot automate this procedure to run
install after RISPREP.

The error message is like:

File cpqarry2.sys caused an unexpected error (21) at line
1742 in d:\xpclient\base\boot\setup\oemdisk.c.

I read these articles
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;220845
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=288344
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;246184
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;254078
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308508
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816299&Product=winsvr2003
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ry/en-us/install/hh/install/txtsetup_1wmq.asp

I followed all instruction in these articles and I could do this task for
win2000 without any problem. But this error doesn't allow me to make RIS
installation of Win2003

Help!

Thank you
Gennadi

 

[NIC Student]

Gennadi,

I assume you made the $oem$ folder and added the drivers. You then amended
the *.sif file. You then went to the i386 directory for the cd-based image
of Win2003 server and deleted all the *.pnf files and restarted BINL (or
restarted the ris server).

You may need to visit Compaq's site for different drivers for Win2003.

 

[Gena]

Thanx.

I did everything you mentioned (but I'm not very familiar with *.pnf files -
what is it?) and discovered another thing - for textmode you should not
modify any *.sif file. Just add $oem$ folder on the same level where i386 is
stored and winnt.exe will pick up all drivers for text mode part of setup.

And again - my stuff works for win2000 and doesn't work for win2003. Any
idea?

Regards,
Gennadi

 

[NIC Student]

My idea is to amend your sif file in addition to adding the
$OEM$\$1\drivers\nic folders. You amend the sif as follows:

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

PNFs are rebuilt after restarting the server or the BINL service. They live
in this folder: RemoteInstall\Setup\%language\Images\%dir_name%\i386
List view by details and sort by file type. Delete all the PNF (Precompiled
Setup Information).

You may also need to visit Compaq's site for more info or newer drivers for
2003, such as these:

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/storage/us/download/17322.html

--
Scott Baldridge
Windows Server MVP, MCSE


"Gena"

 

[Gena]

My idea is to amend your sif file in addition to adding the
$OEM$\$1\drivers\nic folders. You amend the sif as follows:

I did this

[Unattended]
OemPreinstall = yes

This sounds good

Oempnpdriverspath = \Drivers\nic\

This is NOT for textmode - this is for PnP part of setup. I've got error
message at TEXTMODE stage...

DriverSigningPolicy = ignore

Yep. I've got this

PNFs are rebuilt after restarting the server or the BINL service. They live
in this folder: RemoteInstall\Setup\%language\Images\%dir_name%\i386
List view by details and sort by file type. Delete all the PNF (Precompiled
Setup Information).

Thanx for this information

You may also need to visit Compaq's site for more info or newer drivers for
2003, such as these:

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/storage/us/download/17322.html

I've got all this stuff. But no success

Gennadi

 

[Gena]

WOOHOO!!!

I've got the solution!!!!

The problem is that I tried to use RIS-2000 to get image from w2003. But the
original one works fine. The problem apears only when you try to use
TEXTMODE

Regards,
Gennadi

My idea is to amend your sif file in addition to adding the
$OEM$\$1\drivers\nic folders. You amend the sif as follows:

I did this

[Unattended]
OemPreinstall = yes

This sounds good

Oempnpdriverspath = \Drivers\nic\

This is NOT for textmode - this is for PnP part of setup. I've got error
message at TEXTMODE stage...

DriverSigningPolicy = ignore

Yep. I've got this

PNFs are rebuilt after restarting the server or the BINL service. They live
in this folder: RemoteInstall\Setup\%language\Images\%dir_name%\i386
List view by details and sort by file type. Delete all the PNF (Precompiled
Setup Information).

Thanx for this information

You may also need to visit Compaq's site for more info or newer drivers for
2003, such as these:

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/storage/us/download/17322.html

I've got all this stuff. But no success

Gennadi