Dell 1950 + Raid 5/i und RIS

Question

Hello everybody, i got a little problem with a PowerEdge 1950. i took an image of the windows 2003 enterprise system from a running machine with the MS RIS Server. i want to put this image on the new poweredge 1950. after some time i figured out how to get the network card working. no problem, new system boot from network, gets into setup and finally stops in textmode with no harddisk found. of course, because there are no raid drivers for the PERC Raid 5/i. After some searching i found the sheet from Dell where everything was described - how to do - BUT i already had done everything right - without success. currently my image includes: an i386\$oem$\$1$\drivers (with all the dell drivers - also nic) an i386\$oem$	extmode (with the raid drivers - newest ones from dell) when i start setup now i get an 'Error in txtsetup.oem code 1814 in line... in f:tmsrv\.....\oemdisk.c' and raid drivers are not loaded. when i delete the txtsetup.oem then i get the same message - is it possible, that the system doesn't find the file. or do i have to change anything? i also tried to copy the file to different locations. i tried to modify the riprep.sif... i dont know what else to do. loading this driver and installing the machine with ris would save me much time. any ideas? thanks in advance. Stefan Finkenzeller ................................................................................ My riprep.sif [data] floppyless = '1' msdosinitiated = '1' Orisrc=\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE% OriTyp = '4' LocalSourceOnCD = 1 DisableAdminAccountOnDomainJoin = 1 [SetupData] OsLoadOptions = '/noguiboot /fastdetect' SetupSourceDevice ='\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%' SysPrepDevice='\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%SYSPREPPATH%' SysPrepDriversDevice='\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%SYSPREPDRIVERS%' [Unattended] UnattendMode = ProvideDefault DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore OemPreinstall = Yes OemPnPDriversPath = drv
ic;drv\1;drv\2;drv\3;drv\4;drv\5;drv\6;drv\7;drv\8;drv\9;drv\10 FileSystem = LeaveAlone ExtendOEMPartition = 0 TargetPath = \Windows OemSkipEula = yes InstallFilesPath = \%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE% LegacyNIC = 1 [MassStorageDrivers] 'DELL PERC5 RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 32-bit)' = 'OEM' [OEMBootFiles] nodev.inf oemsetup.inf percsas.cat percsas.pdb percsas.sys txtsetup.oem [Sysprep] BuildMassStorageSection = Yes [UserData] FullName = '%USERFIRSTNAME% %USERLASTNAME%' OrgName = '%ORGNAME%' ComputerName ='%MACHINENAME%' [GuiUnattended] OemSkipWelcome = 1 OemSkipRegional = 1 TimeZone = %TIMEZONE% AdminPassword = '*' [LicenseFilePrintData] AutoMode = PerSeat [Display] BitsPerPel = 16 XResolution = 800 YResolution = 600 VRefresh = 60 [Networking] [NetServices] MS_Server=params.MS_PSched [Identification] JoinDomain = %MACHINEDOMAIN% DoOldStyleDomainJoin = Yes [RemoteInstall] Repartition = Yes UseWholeDisk = Yes [OSChooser] Description='Abbild TS01' Help='Abbild vom 6.3.07' LaunchFile='%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%	emplates\startrom.com' ImageType=SYSPREP Version='5.2 (3790)' SysPrepSystemRoot='Mirror1\UserData\WINDOWS' HalName=halmacpi.dll ProductType=2Message Edited by Treasure_of_night on 03-13-2007 12:54 PM Message Edited by Treasure_of_night on 03-13-2007 12:59 PM

DELL-GaryS · Answer

Stefan,     Wow, I can only guess at what might be the problem here, setting up an unattended mass install is a bit beyond anything I've had to deal with, However... we do have NOS experts that can assist you for a fee.     I can say that the load order of the drivers is important, the first mass storage driver installed must be the one for the PERC. You're specifying to use the entire RAID drive for the partition, if this size exceeds something a bit under 2 Tb, you could have problems due to size, and older PERC 4 controllers have a 2TB limit on the raid array size.     Perhaps some of the folks on the software forum can give you an answer.   Dell-GaryS

Treasure_of_nig · Answer

Hi,

thanks for the reply.

its much less than 2 TB - only a 80 GB or something.

i tried the LSI drivers - but still the same.

it seems as if it couldnt find the txtsetup.oem - as i always get the same message.
although my folderstructure is right.

- Images
-- Name
---i386
----$oem$
-----$1
------drivers
-------....
-----textmode (files are here)
---Mirror1
---Templates

is there anything special to include to the riprep.sif?
i got all the drivers path, oempreinstall and oembootfiles and of course the massstorage drivers with the txtsetup.oem entry.

all done, as far as all the books say.

please help.
thanks
stefan

DELL-GaryS · Answer

hi Stefan,     Please look at microsoft technet article# 816299   Looks like you might have the wrong path to the drivers.   Dell-GaryS

Treasure_of_nig · Answer

Hello Gary,   thanks, but i read this article before.   paths are definitly right.   But thank you very much. any other suggestions?   Thanks Stefan

DELL-GaryS · Answer

Hi Stefan.     :\I386\$OEM$\Textmode\Txtsetup.oem   I think the article is saying to create a drive letter at the \images
ame  folder so that the path will always be X:\I386\$OEM$\Textmode\Txtsetup.oem.   You might be able to set a path statement in a autoexec.bat file path=X:\images
ame.   Dell-GaryS

Treasure_of_nig · Answer

Hello Gary,   when i get you right, you mean i should create a directory named 'X:'? thats not possible.   no, the article says to create an $oem$ directory under the images\'Name'\i386 directory. as i did. i read more than 10 different articles all over the internet. everyone says more or less the same.   i tried all these solutions but all with the same ending.   thats why i am so frustrated.   But thanks for your answer!!

DELL-GaryS · Answer

Hello Stefan,     Actually you can create a drive letter at a folder... look at the map network drive tool, it will let you create a drive letter at any folder. Of course you'll have to set up the permissions and policies so that the system to be rebuilt can see and access it.     Another option is to provide a 'fully qualified' path which would include the system name, drive letter and folders to navigate to the folder you need.   Dell-GaryS

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