Good to see i'm not the only one having these dramas.
I am having exactly the same problem (Broadcom 570x NIC, D400 and D800 Laptops)
Broadcom drivers exist in the i386 directory of the image, and also in the $OEM$\$1\SETUP\DRV\NETWORK directory, with references to the later in the .sif file.
I've read an article on fiddling with the .inf file to exclude the NTx86.5.1 from the Manufacturer header, all to no avail. Really need some assistance on this.
Same problem, D600, cannot get the drivers to work, tried 4 different version. The oldest version I have locks up the PC when a network cable is plugged in, later drivers lock up the PC before Windows is loaded.
Given the numer of people complaining about similar problems on these forums, I wouldn't recommend a Dell laptop, there seems to be a big problem with this.
Ditto here! I did find a hotfix for Windows 2003 server that addressed my base image problem but I'm also unable to image a D600 from a riprep.exe image (XP w/applications). This is a little frustrating to say the least. I'm going to attempt to work throughTech Support for a resolution. I called and asked for any definitive "best practice" regarding this issue last week and there was nothing in their database according to the tech at that time.
I'm trying to load a RIS image onto a Latitude D600, but of course it can't find the network drivers so it doesn't work. The drivers are located in my i386 folder and a separate folder referenced in my answer file.
I appreciate the info but that fix didn't work for my issue. It was helpful in installing the base XP OS only image but I'm still unable bring down the image after adding applications. There was actually a Microsoft hotfix that corrected the issue referenced in the Broadcom document. It's very strange that I can image the OS, add applications, and successfully image the notebook back up to the RIS server after adding apps. It's just when I try to use this OS w/apps image I get the same network adapter driver error that was resolved for the OS only image.
I have received an additional recommendation from Dell that referred me to a Microsoft article that I don't think I've previously seen. I'm going to try it when time allows and see if that helps. Dell basically told me that unless they receive numerous reports of this problem that they won't be providing any additional resources toward my issue.
I was having similar issues with Broadcom and Intel Pro 1000 MT nics. My setup is RIS on Windows 2003 Std and all I had to do was add the Broadcom drivers to the %oem% folder and the i386 folder. However my Intel is another problem. Intel offers a seperate .INF file for the i386 dir, which isn't the same as the one that goes in the %oem% dir.
Anyway long story short, after getting it all working I did custom image and ran the RISprep, broadcom I had to add the lines to my .sif file and create a %oem% dir. For my Intel Pro 1000 MT I'm yet to get it working. Laptop uploads to the server just find but when you turn around and wan to download no joy.
Did some more searching and my end result was to give up. After doing manual install on my laptops I sat down to do my daily web browsing and found this, figured it might help you guys out:
Argon Technology is a company comprised of ex-3com Bootp dev group. They now maintain a nice list of "PXE on Disk" for the various network cards, two disks I just ordered are for the Intel Pro 1000 series and the Broadcom Gig-e cards. Basically you pop in the disk and boot from the disk and not from RIS bootrom image.
Also got their nice little USB to Ethernet converter for $29 that allows for PXE which lets me RIS any machine that doesn't support PXE.
I have managed to get the Dell latitude 5100 to install Riprep image using PXE nic. I modified the Broadcom Nic driver as advised on a few boards. The driver I used and that works is b57xp32.inf.
I then made sure that the drivers were present in my i386 and $oem$/etc of both the Riprep image and also my Risetup image.
Also I edited both .Sif answer files to point to the correct location for the drivers.
FourWDET
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February 18th, 2004 03:00
Good to see i'm not the only one having these dramas.
I am having exactly the same problem (Broadcom 570x NIC, D400 and D800 Laptops)
Broadcom drivers exist in the i386 directory of the image, and also in the $OEM$\$1\SETUP\DRV\NETWORK directory, with references to the later in the .sif file.
I've read an article on fiddling with the .inf file to exclude the NTx86.5.1 from the Manufacturer header, all to no avail. Really need some assistance on this.
dmweimer
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March 5th, 2004 14:00
Well, I'm having the same problems with an X300. Same NIC.
Come on, Dell. Fix the problem. It's obviously something to do with the drivers.
Mark
alecbrown
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March 5th, 2004 21:00
Given the numer of people complaining about similar problems on these forums, I wouldn't recommend a Dell laptop, there seems to be a big problem with this.
talleyid
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March 8th, 2004 14:00
todd5574
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April 1st, 2004 18:00
I'm trying to load a RIS image onto a Latitude D600, but of course it can't find the network drivers so it doesn't work. The drivers are located in my i386 folder and a separate folder referenced in my answer file.
Guess I have to re-install manually
talleyid
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April 5th, 2004 12:00
jpopp
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April 8th, 2004 20:00
Broadcom has a fix.
http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/faq_drivers.php#80
I had a Dimension 2400 with a bcm4401 and I just adapted the fix to my controller and it worked (after restarting binlsvc, of course) ;)
talleyid
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April 9th, 2004 13:00
I appreciate the info but that fix didn't work for my issue. It was helpful in installing the base XP OS only image but I'm still unable bring down the image after adding applications. There was actually a Microsoft hotfix that corrected the issue referenced in the Broadcom document. It's very strange that I can image the OS, add applications, and successfully image the notebook back up to the RIS server after adding apps. It's just when I try to use this OS w/apps image I get the same network adapter driver error that was resolved for the OS only image.
I have received an additional recommendation from Dell that referred me to a Microsoft article that I don't think I've previously seen. I'm going to try it when time allows and see if that helps. Dell basically told me that unless they receive numerous reports of this problem that they won't be providing any additional resources toward my issue.
ecopeland
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April 12th, 2004 02:00
Hey All,
I was having similar issues with Broadcom and Intel Pro 1000 MT nics. My setup is RIS on Windows 2003 Std and all I had to do was add the Broadcom drivers to the %oem% folder and the i386 folder. However my Intel is another problem. Intel offers a seperate .INF file for the i386 dir, which isn't the same as the one that goes in the %oem% dir.
Anyway long story short, after getting it all working I did custom image and ran the RISprep, broadcom I had to add the lines to my .sif file and create a %oem% dir. For my Intel Pro 1000 MT I'm yet to get it working. Laptop uploads to the server just find but when you turn around and wan to download no joy.
Did some more searching and my end result was to give up. After doing manual install on my laptops I sat down to do my daily web browsing and found this, figured it might help you guys out:
http://www.argontechnology.com/products/index.shtml
Argon Technology is a company comprised of ex-3com Bootp dev group. They now maintain a nice list of "PXE on Disk" for the various network cards, two disks I just ordered are for the Intel Pro 1000 series and the Broadcom Gig-e cards. Basically you pop in the disk and boot from the disk and not from RIS bootrom image.
Also got their nice little USB to Ethernet converter for $29 that allows for PXE which lets me RIS any machine that doesn't support PXE.
Hope this helps, I know the frustration.
b8cboy
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April 13th, 2004 09:00
Hi,
I have managed to get the Dell latitude 5100 to install Riprep image using PXE nic. I modified the Broadcom Nic driver as advised on a few boards. The driver I used and that works is b57xp32.inf.
I then made sure that the drivers were present in my i386 and $oem$/etc of both the Riprep image and also my Risetup image.
Also I edited both .Sif answer files to point to the correct location for the drivers.
I then restarted the BINL svc.
Yipee it works!!!
Cheers,
Matt Bates
Systems Admin 4imprint uk