Question/Issue:You run a task using WinPE as the preOS and receive an error: "Drivers could not be found in the PreOS for the following devices"
Solution:Before booting into WinPE, Ghost Console will check if it contains the correct drivers for all network and mass storage devices on the client. If it does not find the correct driver for a particular device, the task will fail with the message above.
There are two ways of resolving this issue.
1. The driver can be added into WinPE through Ghost Boot Wizard.
2. The PCI value of the device can be added to the pci.manifest.txt file. Console will no longer look for the drivers of this device.
Note: The second solution is designed for devices which are non-essential to the Ghost task and can be skipped. Also in some instances, devices may present themselves as network/mass storage devices when they are not.
To add a driver to WinPE through Ghost Boot Wizard.1. Open Ghost Boot Wizard
2. Highlight "Windows PE" and click on "Edit"
3. Select the WinPE you want to use and click "Edit"
4. Select the "Network Drivers" or "Storage Drivers" tab depending on the device and click "Add New Driver..."
5. Enter in the folder of where the drivers are kept, name and OS for the driver.
6. Click "OK" to load driver.
7. Select the new driver and exit.
To add the PCI value of a device to the pci.manifest.txt file.1. On the Event Log message, scroll across until you see the PCI values of the device.
2. Locate the pci.manifest.txt file under \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Ghost\Template\common\winpe and winpe-512 folders (or
ProgramData\Syamtec\Ghost\Template\common\winpe and winpe-512 folders in Vista.)
3. Add the PCI values from the Event Log in the following format:
{
PCIVender = {
PCIDevice = (PCISubsystem)
}
}
4. Save the file and rerun the task.
eg. You receive the following message when trying to boot into WinPE
Drivers could not be found in the PreOS for the following devices:
Manufacturer: "Intel", Description: "Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller", PCI Vendor: 0x8086, PCI Device: 0x27c5, PCI Subsystem: 0x200d17aa
From the message, the PCI values are:
PCI Vendor: 0x8086
PCI Device: 0x27c5
PCI Subsystem: 0x200d17aa
Add the following to the pci.manifest.txt file:
{
0x8086 = {
0x27c5 = (0x200d17aa)
}
}
The indentation used is to show how existing entries in the pci.manifest.txt file are formatted. However white space is ignored and the following is also a legitimate entry:
{0x8086 = {0x27c5 = (0x200d17aa)}}
Please remember to backup the original pci.manifest.txt before editing.
Message Edited by GSS Taniwha on
06-17-2008 11:23 PM