Hi all,

I need some help loading a RIS image onto an IBM R51. I am running a
RIS server with Windows 2003 SP1 and the image itself is XPSP2. The
error I am receiving is 'The operating system image you selected does
not contain the necessarry drivers for your network adapter'. It's
clear that it's a NIC driver issue when it switches to SMB setup, what
I can't do is find the appropriate drivers for the appropriate
locations. The Intel PRO/1000 MT Mobile Connection ethernet controller
is present in the R51. All the other images i've created for HP/Compaq
machines work fine.

I have read the following KB articles:

http://support.intel.com/support/net.../cs-000023.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315279

....and followed the instructions to the letter. I've used drivers from
the IBM site, Intel site and tried replacing /not replacing the
e1000325.inf file as instructed by the intel article. I've tried
windows 2000 and windows 2003 drivers. I've tried using PRO/100 drivers
as well without success. I've stopped and started the binlsvc service
before each attempt. There must be a way to get this laptop RIS'ed, can
anyone help me and tell me a working driver combination to load the NIC
on the ThinkPad R51?

Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanks for reading.

Kind regards,

James