JSI Tip 2804. How can I customize the RIS Client Installation Wizard screens?

Jerold Schulman

September 5, 2000

3 Min Read
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RIS provides a set of Client Installation Wizard screens that prompts the user through the installion of an oprating system.

You can customize these screens to include phone numbers, contact information, email addresses, or anything else.

The screens are maintained in text files, using the OSCML (OSChooser Markup Language) and have a .osc extension. You can use HTML to customize the screens.

The .osc files are located in the RemoteInstallOSChooserLanguage folder:

  choice.osc    

Presents the user with the available types of installation options - Automatic, Custom, Restart Setup, Tools.

  choichlp.osc    

Help screen describing the options for choice.osc.

  custhelp.osc    

Help screen for custom installation option.

  custom.osc    

Presents the user with fields to customize the installation - sets the computer name and DS Path.

  dupauto.osc    

Screen that is displayed when a duplicate GUIDs exist in the Active Directory.

  dupcust.osc    

Screen that is displayed when duplicate GUIDs are detected. This screen allows setup to continue.

  install.osc    

Computer settings that will be applied during the installation - computer account, GUID, Servicing RIS Server.

  login.osc    

Initial logon screen.

  loginhlp.osc    

Help screen for login.osc.

  multilng.osc    

Lists available multilanguage installation flats/images.

  nochoice.osc    

The RIS Server is not able to present any installation selection options.

  nooses.osc    

The RIS Server is not able to display any operating system choices.

  oschoice.osc    

This screen presents available operating systems to install.

  rstrterr.osc    

The option to restart Setup has failed on the Client.

  tools.osc    

Allows the user to choose which tools option to launch.

  toolshlp.osc    

Help screen for tools.osc.

  warning.osc    

Warning screen indicating that the hard drive will be formatted as part of the installation.

  welcome.osc    

Welcome to the Client Installation Wizard screen.

  00004e22.osc    

The specified computer name exists in Active Directory.

  00004e23.osc    

The specified computer name contains invalid characters.

  00004e24.osc    

The specified Directory Service Container cannot be found.

  00004e25.osc    

A unique computer name could not be generated for the computer installation.

  00004e26.osc    

A temporary unattended setup answer file could not be created.

  00004e28.osc    

The specified username, password or domain name could not be validated.

  00004e29.osc    

An account is missing batch logon rights. The logon was validated but a specified and necessary right has not been granted.

  00004e2a.osc    

Timeout error: The RIS Server dropped the connection due to a lack of activity.

  00004e2f.osc    

The RIS Server received invalid information from the PXE Client.

  00004e30.osc    

An invalid or corrupted computer account object was detected.

  00004e43.osc    

Unable to contact Directory Services.

  00004e45.osc    

A requested action cannot be performed due to missing or invalid information. One of the Client Installation Wizard screens may be missing a key variable.

  00004e47.osc    

RIS Server cannot convert information. The folder/object may not exist in the Active Directory.

  00004e48.osc    

Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) provided by the client computer is not valid.

  00004e4b.osc    

The DNS path cannot be converted to a Fully Qualified Domain Name.

  00004e4c.osc    

The computer account object could not be updated in the Active Directory.

  00004e4e.osc    

PXE Client computer state could not be initialized

  00004e4f.osc    

Currently logged-in user does not have the appropriate rights to create or modify a computer account in Active Directory.

  00004e50.osc    

RIS Server cannot create temporary client files.

  00004e51.osc    

Setup cannot restart because the answer file is missing.

  00004e52.osc    

Setup cannot restart because the answer file is either missing or corrupted.

  00004e53.osc    

The message from an RIS Server was too long and could not be displayed in the Client Installation Wizard screen.


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