WDS - no network initialization on capture image only

[Guest Paul]

Hi,

 

I have a Dell Precision 390 desktop machine which has a on-board Broadcom

57xx network card. I have created a boot image from my Windows Vista

Business DVD and put it on the WDS server. I can boot to this fine and the

network card drivers load and the network initializes as expected. However,

when I then create a Capture image from the boot image and attempt to boot

from this, the network card does not initialize. I have to press Shift-F10

and run 'wpeutil initializenetwork'. Then the card comes up fine and I can

carry on. Has anyone seen this strange behaviour before? I have tried

injecting various drivers into the boot image to no avail. No matter what I

try the network card will not automatically initialize when booting from the

capture image. I'm sure it's something to do with the Precision 390 but I

don't know what. I have set up WDS in different test environment with

different machines and everything works fine.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Paul

[Guest Paul]

Re: WDS - no network initialization on capture image only

 

I don't believe it. I managed to get it working. When booting from a

'capture' image, the network card doesn't initialize until the moment you

click the 'Connect' button to connect to the WDS server.

 

When loading from a 'boot' image the card initializes immediately. How

strange!

 

"Paul" <65smith@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi,

>

> I have a Dell Precision 390 desktop machine which has a on-board Broadcom

> 57xx network card. I have created a boot image from my Windows Vista

> Business DVD and put it on the WDS server. I can boot to this fine and

> the network card drivers load and the network initializes as expected.

> However, when I then create a Capture image from the boot image and

> attempt to boot from this, the network card does not initialize. I have

> to press Shift-F10 and run 'wpeutil initializenetwork'. Then the card

> comes up fine and I can carry on. Has anyone seen this strange behaviour

> before? I have tried injecting various drivers into the boot image to no

> avail. No matter what I try the network card will not automatically

> initialize when booting from the capture image. I'm sure it's something

> to do with the Precision 390 but I don't know what. I have set up WDS in

> different test environment with different machines and everything works

> fine.

>

> Any help is greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

> Paul

>