RIS Client install "inf txtsetup.sif missing or corrupt, file status 21"

Environment:

I have an Windows 2003 Server active directory acting as DNS. With a different acting as the DHCP and RIS server. I created a CDbased Windows XP Pro image Called "WinXP-Pro" using risetup on the RIS server. All the security was applied to allow for the Administrator to add new workstations to the Domain OU.

After completing the CD based image "WinXP-Pro ", it was tested to ensure it was functional, it was.


Next:
I created a fully configured Windows XP Pro image with SP2 and the latest patches called "RIS-XP2" using the Riprep.exe utility executed from the fully functional XP source client. The source image was successfully copied to the RIS server in the images directory called "RIS-XP2 ".

After the image was copied. I tested the new image by executing the PXE boot sequence from the test client. After entering a valid account and password, I was able to select which image to download. The "RIS-XP2" image was selected and was successfully downloaded. I was only prompted for the following information:

Full Name:
ProductID:
ORG:



Problem:
1. Since I wanted to fully automate the "RIS-XP2" image install by not having to enter the Full Name, ORG & ProductID. I modified the riprep.sif located under the images\ris-xp2\i386\templates file using the setupmgr.exe utility.

2. The values for fields Full Name:, ORG:, & ProductID: were entered using the setupmgr.exe utility and was saved.

3. When testing the install again after making the change to the riprep.sif for image "RIS-XP2 ", I now get the following error after the Client Wizard information screen for the "RIS-XP2" image.

"Inf file txtsetup.sif corrupt or Missing, file status 21
Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit "




Question:

1. Any thoughts on way this is happening?

2. Any thoughts on how to fix this problem without having to re-intiate
another Riprep.exe image of the source?

3. Is using the setupmgr.exe utility the best method to modify the riprep.sif
file?




Thanks for any help in this matter

Gary

 

I was having that same problem earlier... So what I did was create another RIS image named "temp" and I compared the two .sif files (one from the one I used Setupmgr to modify, the other from the freshly-created RIS image). Setupmgr is okay for certian data, but it stumbles over images created with risetup. I found one of the lines in the .sif file modified with setupmgr was completely wrong; it was using the wrong install type. I suggest you do what I did and manually change the answer-file you want associated with your RIS images.