Old habits die hard... On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 07:22, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, but once we moved to NT351, I was home free... :) > > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I also don't like Z, because login scripts from the Win3x days used >> that by default... >> >> I tend to use Y. >> >> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 06:02, Malcolm Reitz <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I still have a mental block about assigning devices to Z: - must be a >> > leftover from the Netware days. >> > >> > >> > >> > -Malcolm >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 05:48 >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: CMD line way to change CD Rom drive letter >> > >> > >> > >> > I actually enjoy changing the optical drive to Z: >> > >> > >> > >> > It makes things more consistent... >> > >> > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > We have a stupid requirement to change the CD drive from whatever it >> > is (usually D) to Z:. >> > Usually I remember it and since I haev powershell up any cmdline tool >> > is good. On the 3 servers I checked it was volume 0. >> > >> > I like the wmi check method idea and will have to go play with it in >> > powershell and come up with something more fun. If I do that I can >> > make the SCCM guys who are setting up the OSD build process just >> > include that in the build and not have to worry about it at all. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Steven >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Michael B. Smith >> > <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> True. It was intended as an example. I probably should've noted that. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Michael B. Smith >> >> Consultant and Exchange MVP >> >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:36 PM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> >> Subject: RE: CMD line way to change CD Rom drive letter >> >> >> >> Note that this is not necessarily going to give you the CDROM drive. >> >> The >> >> way I do this in my build tool is I use WMI to find the CDROM drive >> >> letter >> >> than I use diskpart to change it. Note that there is a corner case of a >> >> machine with multiple CD/DVD drives. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Brian Desmond >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> c - 312.731.3132 >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 4:10 PM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> >> Subject: RE: CMD line way to change CD Rom drive letter >> >> >> >> Diskpart.exe >> >> Select volume 1 >> >> Assign letter=Z >> >> Quit >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Michael B. Smith >> >> Consultant and Exchange MVP >> >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:01 PM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> >> Subject: CMD line way to change CD Rom drive letter >> >> >> >> My google/bing-fu is failing me today. When we build servers we change >> >> the CDrom drive to Z:. While this is nice, manually changing it is >> >> annoying. Anyone know a standard / built in way to do this? >> >> I'd like to just script it with powershell (just because it would annoy >> >> some of my co-workers) but would be happy for any of the cmdline >> >> utilities >> >> to work. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Steven >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > >
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