[Unattended] connect problem...

2004-04-06 Thread Roberto Caranci
hello i wonder if there's anybody with the same problem... while i am trying to start with the dos cd, i get this looping error message: GUEST was logged off successfully The command completed succesfully Mapping Z: to \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\install\... The syntax is incorrect. For help, type NET USE

Re: [Unattended] Linux boot z_user too back slash or not

2004-04-06 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Max Lovius [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: append initrd=initrd root=0:0 init=/linuxrc z_user=username/domain z_pass=password z_path=\\server\install For the linux boot (smbmount) to connect to a windows 2003 share this seems ok z_user=username/domain or user/workgroup in the smb doc. Wait,

RE: [Unattended] Linux boot z_user too back slash or not

2004-04-06 Thread Max Lovius
Pat wrote Can you do me a favor? Try setting z_user=DOMAIN\username and let me know what happens? Yes it is fine... Well I did read some where that it is better to only have one way to do things... Now I start to think the same way... My only question is, How does samba know what is the domain

Re: [Unattended] connect problem...

2004-04-06 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Roberto Caranci [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: while i am trying to start with the dos cd, i get this looping error message: GUEST was logged off successfully The command completed succesfully Mapping Z: to \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\install\... The net use command from MSCLIENT (the DOS network stack)

[Unattended] Detecting the active NIC

2004-04-06 Thread Jordan Share
I primarily use the Unattending infrastructure to rebuild lab machines. These machines have a variety of network cards, which come up in varying orders. They all have 1 mgmt interface, and 1 test interface. I'd like to be able to rename the network connections in Windows according to their

Re: [Unattended] Linux boot z_user too back slash or not

2004-04-06 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Max Lovius [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well I did read some where that it is better to only have one way to do things... Now I start to think the same way... :-) My only question is, How does samba know what is the domain and what is the username, or does it try both? What would happen if

[Unattended] Using unattended post os install

2004-04-06 Thread Bruce Jarvis
Title: Message I have situations where I have machines with the OS already installed, but want to use unattended to install applications. What are the steps involved in getting a machine to the point where I can use todo.pl to install applications and updates? I apologize if I have missed

Re: [Unattended] Detecting the active NIC

2004-04-06 Thread Jordan Share
Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: Jordan Share [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know a way to determine which adapter has link? If these machines are running Windows XP, you can use the NetConnectionStatus property of the Win32_NetworkAdapter WMI class:

RE: [Unattended] Using unattended post os install

2004-04-06 Thread Jeff Black
I have situations where I have machines with the OS already installed, but want to use unattended to install applications. What are the steps involved in getting a machine to the point where I can use todo.pl to install applications and updates? I could find no step-by-step instructions