Network card issue with ghost
kingm026@medway.org.uk
July 6th, 2009
Hi all,
I recently purchase a large amount of new HP laptops for our school teachers; however i seem to be having a problem ghosting them.
The laptop: Hp6730s
network card: Marvell Yukon gig
Outline:
I boot into WINPE with f12 select the correct boot at this point the network card is still active. After it has loaded the settings it changes to the loading screen and then the network card turns off!
I have researched about this problem and i have been told to add the drive to ghost boot wizard, which Im sure i have done correctly. However i still cannot get it to work.
Has any one come across this before with this driver?
Any ideas on how to fix this
many thanks
Matt king
The Hundred of Hoo School
When you boot to Winpe please
When you boot to Winpe please type ipconfig /all on command prompt and see whether or not your NIC driver has started. Also check wpeinit.log - this will contain information about any boot activity done by Winpe, including your NIC.
HI Matt, This seems to be
HI Matt,
This seems to be network card drivers problem. Have you tried with pc-dos boot package with UNDI drivers?
Regards,
Nitin
Hi Nitin, Thanks for your
Hi Nitin,
Thanks for your reply.
However im not to hot with ghost or with the above?
Any chance you could replay with how i would go about doing this?
many thanks
matt
Hi Matt, 1. Go to Ghost Boot
Hi Matt,
1. Go to Ghost Boot Wizard and select pc-dos pre-os. Click next.
2. Select network boot package, click next. You will see UNDI drivers selected. Click next.
3. Client type is Symantec ghost. Click next.
4. External storage support window. Click next.
5. Configure network settings. Click next.
6. Choose destination drive to store boot package.
7. Review page and click finish.
Boot the client machine (in your case laptop) with created package and see you can see network setting with the help of ipconfig command.
Regards,
Nitin
Can I just verify something?
Does F12 on the HP activate PXE boot? If so, then presumably at this point, the bios is handling initialisation of the network card so that it can get an IP address by DHCP from the network server running the remote boot stuff.
Once WinPE has loaded, it takes over the management of the network card, as I understand it. So the question is, does your WinPE configuration support the Marvell Yukon card? If not, it is not that difficult to add the driver to your base wim file
1. Mount the wim file:
imagex /mountrw winpe.wim 1 c:\winpe_x86\mount\
2. Add the inf file to the base image - you will need the Marvell NIC drivers in a folder:
peimg /inf=<path to inf file in driver folder> c:\winpe_x86\mount\windows
You should get a successful completion message once the driver and support files have been installed in the wim image
3. Save the updated wim file
imagex /unmount /commit c:\winpe_x86\mount
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Hi EdT Thanks alot for
Hi EdT
Thanks alot for getting back to me.
I normally change the boot order in the bios, to boot from the network card. Then it gets an IP etc :) (Or some of the hp's i have found, to hit F12 and i can change the order)
Im not to great on the workings of ghost. So im not sure if the WINPE conifg supports the marvell yukon card.
I have tried to add the marvell yukon driver within ghost boot wizard. (edit Winpe, add driver). However still no joy!
With regards to add the driver to the bas driver. I really don;t know where to start.
"1. Mount the wim file:
imagex /mountrw winpe.wim 1 c:\winpe_x86\mount\
2. Add the inf file to the base image - you will need the Marvell NIC drivers in a folder:
peimg /inf=<path to inf file in driver folder> c:\winpe_x86\mount\windows
You should get a successful completion message once the driver and support files have been installed in the wim image
3. Save the updated wim file
imagex /unmount /commit c:\winpe_x86\mount"
Im not even to sure on how i do the above.. Any more pointers? :)
Sorry for asking so many questions
kind reagrds
matt
Hi Matt, Any luck with
Hi Matt,
Any luck with universal drivers which I mentioned in above thread?
Regards,
Nitin
Hi Nitin, I have tried the
Hi Nitin,
I have tried the above with no joy.
The Marvell Yukon driver is : Marvell Yukon 88E8042
The ghost is version 11.5 as far as i can tell.
Would it be possible for you to run by how to add the correct driver to the windows PE in ghost boot wizard?
I think i have done it correctly but im not 100%
Thanks for all your continuing help
matt
Hi Matt, Could you please
Hi Matt,
Could you please confirm the build number of ghost?
Regards,
Nitin
Hi Nitin, The build number of
Hi Nitin,
The build number of ghost is 11.5.0.2113
thanks
matt
Try this
1. Run Live update 3 times and pull of three Live updates. Your ghost32.exe will be of build 2165 and other components will get updated as well.
2. Make sure that Winpe has proper NIC driver installed. Go to Ghost boot wizard and check that manually.
3. Driver has to be Vista-based not XP-based. Download the latest Vista-based driver from manufacture website and installing it to Ghost database and Winpe in case you need it later.
Please let us know the results once you do it.
Nitin
Hi Nitin, Still no joy; i
Hi Nitin,
Still no joy; i must be doing something wrong!
This is how i have been doing it.
The Driver on the laptop is an XP driver
I am downloading this driver for the Symantec ghost boot wizard. http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dr... - Windows Vista
The download is saved on the server desktop.
Load up Symantec boot wizard
Type Windows PE (default)
Edit
select winpe
Click edit
Add New Driver
Browse to VISTA driver on desktop
Give the file a friendly name (I have put in Marvell_Yukon_Driver) Or does it have to be something else?
Tick the OS (Vista)
Click ok
then it installs the driver
Then i try it on the laptop and the network card still turns off after loading the settings
RIS drivers
Hi Matt,
Please try and download the RIS drivers from the above mentioned website. Hopefully it should solve your problem. Also select other Marvell driver from the drivers list in winpe through ghost boot wizard.
Regards,
Nitin
Hi Nitin, I have downloaded
Hi Nitin,
I have downloaded the RIS drivers and added them to the ghost boot wizard.
However its still turning off.
I have another HP2230 laptop which i have booted to the network, that network card turns off aswell!
I have looked on the marvell stie, and im running out of drivers to try.
Any ideas? :)
many thanks
matt
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