Hello all,
Hopefully someone will have a solution to this issue. I've only found one site with a similar problem (http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2352753&SiteID=17) and the solution was to rebuild the SCCM server, which I have done. Yet the issue persists. After working my way through countless issues with SCCM, this seems to be the only obstacle in my way. Here is the situation:
1. I boot the bare metal client system to PXE and the boot image loads
2. The SCCM status messages appear "Windows is starting up..." and then "Preparing Network Connections..."
3. The client machine hangs for a minute or so, then reboots.
I have enabled the command prompt shell in the boot image and can ping the SCCM server and name resolution work fine, so I know it isn't an issue with the network drivers. Below is the log information from the client. Just as an FYI, the Server is running in "Mixed Mode", so I'm not really understanding the why the identification is an issue. As best I can understand the client is requesting information from the server at a certain point and getting a blank reply.
<![LOG[MP Ports: http=80, https=443, default=80]LOG]!><time="09:20:53.765+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:551">
<![LOG[Missing root CA environment variable from variables file]LOG]!><time="09:20:53.765+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:561">
<![LOG[Custom hook from X:\\TSConfig.INI is ]LOG]!><time="09:20:53.765+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:594">
<![LOG[No custom hook found]LOG]!><time="09:20:53.765+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:442">
<![LOG[No Need to create Authenticator Info]LOG]!><time="09:20:53.765+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:720">
<![LOG[Getting MP time information]LOG]!><time="09:20:53.781+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:731">
<![LOG[Requesting client identity]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.000+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="1324" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:4574">
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end: URL: sccm.mpmc.hos:80 CCM_POST /ccm_system/request]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.062+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="1324" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:6043">
<![LOG[pNext != NULL, HRESULT=80004005 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\framework\osdmessaging\libsmsmessaging.cpp,1825)]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.109+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1324" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:1825">
<![LOG[reply has no message header marker]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.109+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="3" thread="1324" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:1825">
<![LOG[DoRequest (sReply, true), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\framework\osdmessaging\libsmsmessaging.cpp,4674)]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.109+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1324" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:4674">
<![LOG[Failed to get client identity (80004005)]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.109+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="3" thread="1324" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:4795">
<![LOG[ClientIdentity.RequestClientIdentity (), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\client\tasksequence\tsmbootstrap\tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp,793)]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.109+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:793">
<![LOG[failed to request for client]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.109+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="3" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:793">
<![LOG[Exiting TSMediaWizardControl::GetPolicy.]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.109+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:1083">
<![LOG[GetPolicy(), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\client\tasksequence\tsmbootstrap\tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp,2007)]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.109+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:2007">
<![LOG[RunWizardForPXE(), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\client\tasksequence\tsmbootstrap\tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp,2308)]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.125+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1324" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:2308">
<![LOG[oTSMediaWizardControl.Run( sMediaRoot, true, true ), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\client\tasksequence\tsmbootstrap\tsmbootstrap.cpp,936)]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.125+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1324" file="tsmbootstrap.cpp:936">
<![LOG[Execute( eExecutionEnv, sConfigPath, sTSXMLFile, uBootCount, &uExitCode ), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\client\tasksequence\tsmbootstrap\tsmbootstrap.cpp,1045)]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.125+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="0" thread="1324" file="tsmbootstrap.cpp:1045">
<![LOG[Exiting with return code 0x80004005]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.125+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="1324" file="tsmbootstrap.cpp:1057">
<![LOG[Execution complete.]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.171+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="844" file="bootshell.cpp:620">
<![LOG[Finalizing logging from process 824]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.171+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="844" file="tslogging.cpp:1736">
<![LOG[Finalizing logs to root of first available drive]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.171+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="844" file="tslogging.cpp:1578">
<![LOG[Successfully finalized logs to C:\SMSTSLog]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.250+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="844" file="tslogging.cpp:1635">
<![LOG[Cleaning up task sequencing logging configuration.]LOG]!><time="09:20:54.250+000" date="06-10-2008" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="0" thread="844" file="tslogging.cpp:578">
I'm at my wits end with this software, if I can't find a solution to this problem pretty soon, I will tell management here to can the whole idea and stick with the norton ghost setup.