How many SIF files can i have in my Ris environment?
Regards
R2000

Hello,

Thank you for using newsgroup!

As far as I know, a standard answer file named ristndrd.sif is created in
the Templates folder of each operating system image installed on a RIS
server.

The standard answer file performs an unattended installation and also
contains the description that is displayed during the Client Installation
Wizard for selecting an operating system image to install.

You can have more than one of these files present in the Templates folder
of an operating system image. For example, you might have different
installation options for your marketing, sales, and accounting departments
that each requires a different answer file. Associated multiple answer
files with a single operating system image allows you to use one set of
Windows 2000 Professional source files to provide multiple installation
options instead of creating more images. Remote OS Installation answer
files must end with the .sif extension.

For more information about the answer file parameters specific to Remote OS
Installation, see the deploy.cab file in the \Support\Tools folder on the
Windows XP Professional operating system CD.

Regarding your question "how many sif files can I have in my RIS
environment?" I will perform further research to see if I can find any
information.

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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Hi.
I have 15 today, and some ramous say that there is a limit.


"Ken Zhao [MSFT]" skrev:

> Hello,
>
> Thank you for using newsgroup!
>
> As far as I know, a standard answer file named ristndrd.sif is created in
> the Templates folder of each operating system image installed on a RIS
> server.
>
> The standard answer file performs an unattended installation and also
> contains the description that is displayed during the Client Installation
> Wizard for selecting an operating system image to install.
>
> You can have more than one of these files present in the Templates folder
> of an operating system image. For example, you might have different
> installation options for your marketing, sales, and accounting departments
> that each requires a different answer file. Associated multiple answer
> files with a single operating system image allows you to use one set of
> Windows 2000 Professional source files to provide multiple installation
> options instead of creating more images. Remote OS Installation answer
> files must end with the .sif extension.
>
> For more information about the answer file parameters specific to Remote OS
> Installation, see the deploy.cab file in the \Support\Tools folder on the
> Windows XP Professional operating system CD.
>
> Regarding your question "how many sif files can I have in my RIS
> environment?" I will perform further research to see if I can find any
> information.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Ken Zhao
>
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>
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> | R2000
> |
>
>

Hello,

Based on my deep research on this question, I have not found any documents
to describe it. Therefore, that's a difficult question to answer.

After consulting our other engineers, based on our experience, in a
"default" installation, it's actually quite small. I am going to "assume"
that what you're really asking is in regards to the number of OS options to
select, not the actual files themselves.

The real crux of the issue is that we pass the list of OSes to the client.
Because of that, the container that we can send the list in is finite. The
list contains both the Description and Help line from the SIF file:

[OSChooser]
Description ="XP Pro SP2"
Help ="."

By reducing the length of the string, you can help to increase the number
of entries that you can see before they start "dropping".

You can also use ACLs to filter the lists down. If you prevent the SIF
file from being read by the user, the server will not send down the
information from it.

In addition, I also found the following article that may be helpful:

832213 Error message when a Windows 2000-based computer or a Windows Server
2003-based computer that is running Remote Installation Services cannot
display all its operating system images
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;832213

I hope the information can address your concern. If anything is unclear,
please feel free to let us know.

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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| Hi.
| I have 15 today, and some ramous say that there is a limit.
|
|
| "Ken Zhao [MSFT]" skrev:
|
| > Hello,
| >
| > Thank you for using newsgroup!
| >
| > As far as I know, a standard answer file named ristndrd.sif is created
in
| > the Templates folder of each operating system image installed on a RIS
| > server.
| >
| > The standard answer file performs an unattended installation and also
| > contains the description that is displayed during the Client
Installation
| > Wizard for selecting an operating system image to install.
| >
| > You can have more than one of these files present in the Templates
folder
| > of an operating system image. For example, you might have different
| > installation options for your marketing, sales, and accounting
departments
| > that each requires a different answer file. Associated multiple answer
| > files with a single operating system image allows you to use one set of
| > Windows 2000 Professional source files to provide multiple installation
| > options instead of creating more images. Remote OS Installation answer
| > files must end with the .sif extension.
| >
| > For more information about the answer file parameters specific to
Remote OS
| > Installation, see the deploy.cab file in the \Support\Tools folder on
the
| > Windows XP Professional operating system CD.
| >
| > Regarding your question "how many sif files can I have in my RIS
| > environment?" I will perform further research to see if I can find any
| > information.
| >
| > Thanks & Regards,
| >
| > Ken Zhao
| >
| > Microsoft Online Partner Support
| > Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
| >
| > ================================================== ===
| > When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader
so
| > that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
| > ================================================== ===
| > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
| >
| >
| >
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| > <richoo2000@noemail.postalias>
| > | Subject: How many sif files?
| > | Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 04:08:02 -0800
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| > | R2000
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