Troubleshooting Change and Configuration Management

BINL Server Does Not Respond and Prestaged Clients Server Down Error Message Appears

The user attempts to use Remote OS Installation to install Windows 2000 on his or her computer, but no boot information negotiation layer (BINL) server responds to his or her request. An error message appears that indicates that the prestaged server is down.

Possible Causes:

The client is set for a specific RIS server to answer it, and the server is down.

Diagnostic Tests:

Start the RIS server, and edit the client's Computer object in Active Directory, removing the reference to the existing server that is down. Enter the path to a working RIS server, and set the client for any RIS server to answer by leaving the Server text box empty.