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February 2nd, 2004 08:00
RIS INSTALLATION
> System Label: Inspiron 1100
>
> Problem: Network Adapter
> Operating System: Windows XP
> RIS:
> The Operating System image you selected tdoes not contain the necessary
> drivers for your network adapter. Try selecing a different operationg
> system image. If the prolem persists, contact your system administrator.
>
> Setup cannot contiune. Press any key to exit.
> Problem Description: During a RIS installation, the network drivers are
> not detected, although they are in the Image.
>
> I have a Broadcom network card (NIC) this laptop.
> This NIC is PXE compliant. It loads the setup screen for RIS perfectly.
> There is only one slight problem I have with this NIC.
> Trouble Shooting Steps: I have added the drivers (that I downloaded from
> the website and from the DELL driver CD) to the image.
> (Deployed them to both the I386 folder and $OEM$\$1\Drivers\Broadcom
> folder.
> Also I have updated the SIF file with the correct path.
> Although I have done this procedure many times in the past for other
> brands, RIS keeps telling me that the selected image doesn't contain the
> drivers it needs.
>
> Broadcom referred me to you for support.
> Hope you can help me out.
>
Pamela
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February 2nd, 2004 13:00
Have you read this article in your steps of troubleshooting?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=246184
Pamela
awraeven
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February 2nd, 2004 14:00
Adding any other NIC driver then the Broadcom drivers goes without problems. (3com, Intel, both non native drivers)
Only this driver doesn't seem to be willing to get into the RIS installation.
Pamela
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February 2nd, 2004 15:00
Open and copy/paste the contents of the .inf for the Broadcom driver here in the forum. It sounds like that is where the problem may be.
Pamela
awraeven
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February 2nd, 2004 16:00
Sorry but I can't paste it here, to large to fit in the message body box, over 20.000 characters long.
I have tried to use this driver as well, but didn't work.
Also I have tried the driver from the laptop's driver cd, but I don't have it here right now. Have to collect that one at work.
Pamela
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February 2nd, 2004 17:00
It is possible that the BINL parser is having difficulty with this section (only the area in brackets):
[BROADCOM.NTx86.5.1]
; very generic Broadcom NIC or LOM
%BCM4401.DeviceDesc% = BCM4401, PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4401
%BCM4401.DeviceDesc% = BCM4401_B0, PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_170C
You can try to edit it to read as:
[BROADCOM]
There was/is a bug in the BINL parser that processes the .inf files. The BINL parser has difficulty processing directives in sections like [BROADCOM.NTx86] as shown above. You have to change it to [BROADCOM] or else it will ignore the whole section. You may have to delete your existing .pnf file so the BINL service can create a new one.
This is only a possible cause for your problem. Hope everything gets fixed for you.
Pamela
Message Edited by Pamela on 02-05-2004 07:29 AM
awraeven
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February 2nd, 2004 18:00
awraeven
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February 5th, 2004 06:00
Pamela
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February 5th, 2004 15:00
Your welcome. I'm glad it is up and running.
Pamela