Putting Network Drivers RIS (2k3) Setup

This procedure is only necessary for the hardware drivers that are required for text mode RIS setup network card drivers and storage drivers.

For this we need the Raw driver. By raw driver I mean the .INF-file and the accompanying files, usually .SYS files and .CAT files. If the driver is in a ZIP file or a self-extracting archive (.exe) you’ll have to unpack it. You can use Universal Extractor , unzip or 7-zip utilities to extract the package.

Some driver packages contain drivers in various languages and for various platforms, i.e. XP, Win2000, NT and so on. Pick the right architecture for your RIS image. If you find an .INF file in a directory, you need all the files in that directory.

• 1.On the RIS server, you should have a share called REMINST that contains the RIS images created through RIPrep and the CD based image (RISetup image). The RISetup image was created when you installed RIS on your server. Connect to the REMINST share. Assuming that your server is called SERVER, the RIPrep and RISetup images are in \\SERVER\\REMINST\Setup\Language\Images.
• 2.Create a directory called $oem$ in \\SERVER\\REMINST\Setup\Language\Images\RISetup. In $oem$ create another directory called $1. In $1 create the directory Drivers. If you have multiple vendors drivers, you can create sub directories for all vendors or you can copy all drives to the same directory.
• 3.You end up with the empty destination directory \\SERVER\\REMINST\Setup\Language\Images\RISetup\$oem$\$1\Drivers.
• 4.Copy the raw driver into that directory.
• 5.Copy the INF and SYS files into \\SERVER\\REMINST\Setup\Language\Images\RISetup\i386.
• 6.Search for a file called Ristndrd.sif. It’s usually located in In \\SERVER\\REMINST\Setup\Language\Images\RISetup\i386\templates. Add or update the following statements to the [Unattended] section
  DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
  OemPreinstall = yes
  OemPnpDriversPath = Drivers
  Make sure there is only one line starting with OemPreinstall. For example, my SIF file already had OemPreinstall = no. In this case do not add a second one, but change the no into yes. The same applies to the other two statements.
• 7.Repeat steps the steps 3 to 6 for every sub directories you want to included in text mode setup. Separate the entries in OemPnpDriversPath by a semicolon.
  OemPnpDriversPath = Drivers\Broadcom;Drivers\Hamster
• 8.On the RIS server, restart the BINL service by launching cmd.exe and typing
  net stop binlsvc
  net start binlsvc

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