Been there, done that.

We ran into this with Dell GX260 machines.  The instructions below
explain how to deal with the issue for the GX260.  You will need to
adapt these instructions for your own hardware.

Adding NIC Drivers to the ASR procedure

For the DELL GX260 models PC's with Windows XP, it is necessary to
pre-install the NIC drivers from the Dell OptiPlex ResourceCD

1.      Using a functioning PC, create a temporary directory to install
to (c:\dell) 
2.      Insert CD labeled " Dell OptiPlex ResourceCD for Reinstalling
Device Drivers and ..."
3.      If the ResouceCD has not been installed previously, the
Installshield Wizard will prompt you to install.
4.      Continue to enter "NEXT" and "Finish"
5.      Select pull-down for Model OptiPlex GX260
6.      Select pull-down for Operating System Windows XP
7.      Select Topic ALL
8.      Scroll down and select "Intel 8254X 1000 Integrated Network"
9.      Select "Extract"
10.     Continue to extract to c:\dell\drivers\R54402
11.     Do not install NIC drivers on the host machine 
12.     Copy files in  c:\dell\drivers\R54402\WinXp to a floppy and hold
for install
13.     Edit the TSMASR floppy and insert the following three lines at
the beginning of the TSMASR.cmd  file:

@echo Please insert Dell NIC drivers disk in drive A: 
@PAUSE
a:\setup.exe

That's it.
YMMV
Wanda Prather
"I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O"  -(me)


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Karin Dambacher
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 6:02 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: asr and network card


Hi all

we want to asr a windows xp system, it was installed with dhcp and the
network adapter was not installed automatically, driver had to be
installed extra.
At rebooting no network is available. Has anyone this problem and know
what to do ? Is it possible to configure the windows startup cd with
this
extra driver ?

Thanks, Karin