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VSMT ramdisk error on PXE source server

Source: microsoft.public.virtualserver
Sent: 02/01/2006
From: "Petar" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

VSMT HOST
---------
VSMT Server is W3K EE R2 trial
VS 2005 R2 installed
ADS 1.0 installed and VSMT packages installed

SOURCE TARGET
-------------
Windows 2003 Std Edition with SP1

Up until the sourceserver_capture.cmd everything works fine.

The capture job is generated but I keep getting failures
on the source server PXE boot.

"Requesting Bootable image from build server.

Windows could not start due to an error booting from RAMDisk
Windows failed to build a bootable RAM image."

Reading the Microsoft kB says that kb830413 and kb929053 hotfixes
will resolve this problem along with copying in the network
card drivers for the source server hardware but I have tried
various combinations of the drivers files into the prefetch
folder on the ADS Server without success.

Can anyone provide an example using any network card that
shows which files need to be copied?

regards

pjn

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Re: VSMT ramdisk error on PXE source server

Sent: 01/31/2006
From: "Alexander Ortha [MS]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Hello,

the two KB article below are a good starting point. A other KB article is
841550.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=841550
This article described the handling of adding drivers into the DA.

Please be aware, that in the most scenarios you need to add the NIC and the
Mass storage (SCSI/RAID) drivers to the DA.

--
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards - Alexander Ortha (Microsoft)

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Petar" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

> VSMT HOST
> ---------
> VSMT Server is W3K EE R2 trial
> VS 2005 R2 installed
> ADS 1.0 installed and VSMT packages installed
>
> SOURCE TARGET
> -------------
> Windows 2003 Std Edition with SP1
>
>
> Up until the sourceserver_capture.cmd everything works fine.
>
> The capture job is generated but I keep getting failures
> on the source server PXE boot.
>
> "Requesting Bootable image from build server.
>
> Windows could not start due to an error booting from RAMDisk
> Windows failed to build a bootable RAM image."
>
> Reading the Microsoft kB says that kb830413 and kb929053 hotfixes
> will resolve this problem along with copying in the network
> card drivers for the source server hardware but I have tried
> various combinations of the drivers files into the prefetch
> folder on the ADS Server without success.
>
> Can anyone provide an example using any network card that
> shows which files need to be copied?
>
> regards
>
> pjn
>
>
>
>

Re: VSMT ramdisk error on PXE source server

Sent: 02/01/2006
From: "Petar" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Hi Alexander,

I forgot to mention I had also read that one which led me to the other two.

None of the three actually explain which of the nic driver files to copy?

The specific driver set I'm trying to get working (source server) are here

http://www.marvell.com/drivers/search.do

Product Family: Yukon
Your Platform: Windows 2003 Server x86 32bit

The source server has Intel ICHx driven SATA drives which require no driver
install for them to function in w3k so do I still need mass storage drivers?

regards

pjn

"Alexander Ortha [MS]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

> Hello,
>
> the two KB article below are a good starting point. A other KB article is
> 841550.
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=841550
> This article described the handling of adding drivers into the DA.
>
> Please be aware, that in the most scenarios you need to add the NIC and
> the Mass storage (SCSI/RAID) drivers to the DA.
>
> --
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards - Alexander Ortha (Microsoft)
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Petar" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> VSMT HOST
>> ---------
>> VSMT Server is W3K EE R2 trial
>> VS 2005 R2 installed
>> ADS 1.0 installed and VSMT packages installed
>>
>> SOURCE TARGET
>> -------------
>> Windows 2003 Std Edition with SP1
>>
>>
>> Up until the sourceserver_capture.cmd everything works fine.
>>
>> The capture job is generated but I keep getting failures
>> on the source server PXE boot.
>>
>> "Requesting Bootable image from build server.
>>
>> Windows could not start due to an error booting from RAMDisk
>> Windows failed to build a bootable RAM image."
>>
>> Reading the Microsoft kB says that kb830413 and kb929053 hotfixes
>> will resolve this problem along with copying in the network
>> card drivers for the source server hardware but I have tried
>> various combinations of the drivers files into the prefetch
>> folder on the ADS Server without success.
>>
>> Can anyone provide an example using any network card that
>> shows which files need to be copied?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> pjn
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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