How to add drivers to RIS images without RIPrep 3

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 3,720 views

If you install this image onto one of your workstations, you will notice that the text mode RIS setup doesn’t complain anymore and dutifully copies the images onto the workstations hard disk. But when the machine reboots into graphics mode, it will not install the driver, leading to all sorts of trouble. For example, if [...]

How to add drivers to RIS images without RIPrep 2

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 454 views

Putting a driver into text mode RIS setup This procedure is only necessary for the hardware drivers that are required for text mode RIS setup: network card drivers (if your images are located on a RIS server) and storage drivers. For all other drivers there is an easier way of deployment but more on that [...]

How to add drivers to RIS images without RIPrep

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 435 views

The other day, a new machine arrived at the office. Although it was a fast and sexy Dell Optiplex SX280, I dreaded going through the setup and installation procedure; maybe because I live in a dream world. In my personal administrators’ dream world, when a new desktop computer arrives the hardest task is trying to [...]