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SunRace
I have installed WDS in mixed mode on Windows 2003 R2 EE SP2. Have added
Windows XP Professional SP2 base image. After that I installed Windows XP
Professional SP2 on IBM 9637 ThinkCenter. Installed ATI Radeon 3400 display
card. Installed ChipSet, Audio, Display,IBM Mouse, BroadCom Ethernet Drivers
and took RIPREP Image of it. Added $oem$\$1\Drives\ and all the correct
drivers under. Modified all sif files to contain all relevant information
like product key etc. Restarted IBM9637, connected to RIS, Downloaded the
image successfully. ThinkCenter restarts properly after downloading the image
- after reboot there is a problem. Installation is stuck @ mini-setup "Please
wait" screen. Nothing happens - even if I wait for 2 days...nothing happens.
So I decided to give it a shot by rebooting it again. After reboot, I get a
missing file(cp_20127.nls)error while in mini-setup. If I just press Esc key
and skip the file - mini-setup finishes and ThinkCenter is added to domain
and ready to use with all the required software, drivers installed.
The nls file reported as missing is actually present under flat image I386.
My question here is what is it that is making it get stuck @ mini-setup on
first reboot after image download? I did check that while it is playing stuck
- it is not talking to any one as I do not see DHCP lease given to it. Is the
network which is still getting initialize or is it some other driver? How do
I find out what is causing this? Any logs which I can read any where? I have
tried all hotfixes listed under saying Sysprep, mini-setup hangs while
installing Display drivers - suspecting that could be the reason as I have
external display card.
Just to push my luck too much - has any one seen this before? How was it
solved?
Windows XP Professional SP2 base image. After that I installed Windows XP
Professional SP2 on IBM 9637 ThinkCenter. Installed ATI Radeon 3400 display
card. Installed ChipSet, Audio, Display,IBM Mouse, BroadCom Ethernet Drivers
and took RIPREP Image of it. Added $oem$\$1\Drives\ and all the correct
drivers under. Modified all sif files to contain all relevant information
like product key etc. Restarted IBM9637, connected to RIS, Downloaded the
image successfully. ThinkCenter restarts properly after downloading the image
- after reboot there is a problem. Installation is stuck @ mini-setup "Please
wait" screen. Nothing happens - even if I wait for 2 days...nothing happens.
So I decided to give it a shot by rebooting it again. After reboot, I get a
missing file(cp_20127.nls)error while in mini-setup. If I just press Esc key
and skip the file - mini-setup finishes and ThinkCenter is added to domain
and ready to use with all the required software, drivers installed.
The nls file reported as missing is actually present under flat image I386.
My question here is what is it that is making it get stuck @ mini-setup on
first reboot after image download? I did check that while it is playing stuck
- it is not talking to any one as I do not see DHCP lease given to it. Is the
network which is still getting initialize or is it some other driver? How do
I find out what is causing this? Any logs which I can read any where? I have
tried all hotfixes listed under saying Sysprep, mini-setup hangs while
installing Display drivers - suspecting that could be the reason as I have
external display card.
Just to push my luck too much - has any one seen this before? How was it
solved?