RIS with Intel Gigabit NIC

Hello,

I am trying to deploy XP Pro to a Dell Optiplex gx270
that has the new Intel Gigabit NIC (E1000325.inf) but
still get the error "The OS image you selected does not
contain the necessary drivers for your network adapter."
I have downloaded the 'special' E1000325.inf file from
Intel's site and replaced it in the $oem$\$1\Drivers\NIC
folder, and in the base XP Pro I386 folder, but still get
this error. SP1a has been slipstreamed into the base XP
image. In the .sif file, I have OEMPreinstall set to
YES, and DriversigningPolicy set to IGNORE and
PnPDriversPath set to \Drivers\NIC. I have restarted the
BINL service as well, but still no go.

What else could I be missing?

try downloading and using the NIC drivers from Intels website, this worked
fine for me.

Kerry
"Keith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1640901c41c08$46876150$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to deploy XP Pro to a Dell Optiplex gx270
> that has the new Intel Gigabit NIC (E1000325.inf) but
> still get the error "The OS image you selected does not
> contain the necessary drivers for your network adapter."
> I have downloaded the 'special' E1000325.inf file from
> Intel's site and replaced it in the $oem$\$1\Drivers\NIC
> folder, and in the base XP Pro I386 folder, but still get
> this error. SP1a has been slipstreamed into the base XP
> image. In the .sif file, I have OEMPreinstall set to
> YES, and DriversigningPolicy set to IGNORE and
> PnPDriversPath set to \Drivers\NIC. I have restarted the
> BINL service as well, but still no go.
>
> What else could I be missing?
>

I received this same error on our W2K RIS server and was able to get
around it. I created a base WinXP RIS image using our volume license
CD, but could not upload any images to the server. I then downloaded
SP1 for WinXP, extracted the files, and ran Update.exe from the update
folder with the /s switch followed by the location of my original
WinXP base RIS image; run update.exe /? from a DOS prompt for a full
explanation. It updates the base image I386 folder with the SP1 files
and drivers, and now it works.


"Kerry Hoskin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<#(E-Mail Removed)>...
> try downloading and using the NIC drivers from Intels website, this worked
> fine for me.
>
> Kerry
> "Keith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1640901c41c08$46876150$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to deploy XP Pro to a Dell Optiplex gx270
> > that has the new Intel Gigabit NIC (E1000325.inf) but
> > still get the error "The OS image you selected does not
> > contain the necessary drivers for your network adapter."
> > I have downloaded the 'special' E1000325.inf file from
> > Intel's site and replaced it in the $oem$\$1\Drivers\NIC
> > folder, and in the base XP Pro I386 folder, but still get
> > this error. SP1a has been slipstreamed into the base XP
> > image. In the .sif file, I have OEMPreinstall set to
> > YES, and DriversigningPolicy set to IGNORE and
> > PnPDriversPath set to \Drivers\NIC. I have restarted the
> > BINL service as well, but still no go.
> >
> > What else could I be missing?
> >