Server 2008 R2 Roaming Profiles

I am trying to get roaming profiles for Win Server 2008 R2 to work. I followed the instructions given by Lanwench at the following link:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/2e3d27cf-38ec-433d-8bee-2a69a73871a5/
I have created a new virtual disk on my AD server and am trying to get the profiles to start placing their profile data in that drive. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work correctly. When I log onto the machine it says that it is loading a temp
profile because the profile cannot access the profile data. The correct permissions are setup and no profile data is being placed in the shared folder.  I know the permissions are setup correctly because I can successfully reach the folder from the profile
I'm trying to store.
What am I doing wrong here? Thanks in advance.

Hello,
It seems that this is a problem with permissions or connectivity / DNS resolution.
To configure roaming profiles, refer to that: http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/cc738596%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
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