Problem:
You’re trying to deploy Windows 7 image to a PC system using MDT. When you finish walking through the Deployment Wizard, instead of the installation proceeding the following error is displayed:
A connection to the deployment share could not be made. The deployment will not proceed.
The following networking device did not have a driver installed.
PCI\VFN_8086&DEV_10EF&SUBSYS_80001025&REV_06
Binging DEV_10EF&SUBSYS_80001025&REV_06 indicates that the problem device is Intel 82578DM Gigabit Network Connection. What’s happening here is that the driver for this particular device is missing from your reference image.
Solution:
- Import the missing driver into your deployment share.
- Update the deployment share to regenerate your boot image.
- Restart the deployment.
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