RIS - IMAGES VIA PXE

You canuse Bart´s modular network bootdisk found here:

http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/network/

Follow the instructions and just add needed driver .cab files and make the disk.

Then make a bootimage from that network bootdisk. There´s tool for that in Intel´s PXE PDK (mkimage.exe)

or you can use this opensource alternative to RIS:

http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

wich has an handy step-by-step guide:

http://unattended.sourceforge.net/step-by-step.php

You aren't by any chance using the Intel VE NIC's are you?

i ran into a similar issue, what i did was in activedirectory i added the computer as an object, with the GUID (found inside the bios) that seems to have worked for me perfectly fine , you might want to also check your dhcp settings. There is also some settings you can make changes to allow Unknown objects access to the RIS server,

HA !

Something this easy should not be such a pain to find. Microsoft's documentation is nearly impossible to find anything in. Anyway this is way too simple here's how to do it with a Microsoft DHCP Server:

1.) Go to your DHCP server, it's needs to be on the same subnet.

2.) Left click on Scope options in the left pane and then right click on it, select  Configure Options.

3.) Select "066 Boot Server Host Name" and enter your RIS server's I.P. address.

4.) Select "067 Bootfile Name" and put "OSchooser\i386\startrom.com" in the line it provides for you.

5.) Go start and stop the DHCP and possibly reboot your RIS server.

Don't forget that your RIS server needs to be authorized on the DHCP Server.

That's all there is to it.

Eric