I am only using windows machines. I am using the linux boot disk, not the dos one.
I will try the smartdrv change, but the problem manifests itself in windows xp pro also.
Julian Turnbull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Julian Turnbull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yet another possibility: are you using a Samba server? If so, check for "map system", "map hidden" and the like in smb.conf.
Julian Turnbull
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Stefan Kell
> Sent: 11 January 2006 11:00
> To: Chad Anderson
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Unattended] Unable to read from windows 2000 cd
>
> Hi,
>
> I did have same problem wit h unattended dos-boot disk. There
> was a line in autoexec.bat with "smartdrv" only. This is
> correct for Windows-XP but not for Windows-2000. With
> Windows-2000 you get a corrput filesystem and a lot of
> missing files. I changed this line to "smartdrv a- b -c" and
> everything was ok.
>
> I was not able to use the linuxboot disk so I didn't check
> this disk for the same problem. Symptoms are that after the
> first boot a chkdsk runs and some fileerrors are reported.
> And you can see a folder name "found" on the target disk.
>
> Regards
>
> Stefan Kell
>
> > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> > Von: Chad Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > An: [email protected]
> > Betreff: [Unattended] Unable to read from windows 2000 cd
> > Datum: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:52:30 -0800 (PST)
> >
> > Hello,
&g t; >
> > I have posted about this before and gotten some feedback,
> and I have
> > also seen an e-mail from others about this problem, but I need more
> > information because it does not make sense.
> >
> > I have a valid windows 2000 bootable cd that I can
> install from and I
> > copy the files to the unatteded server. As a matter of fact I have
> copied
> > windows 2000 sp2, windows 2000 sp4, windows xppro sp2 and I
> have the
> > same problem from all of them. I have moved to different
> servers and
> > the
> problem
> > ends up being the same. Windows is in the process of copying the
> > files
> and
> > gets to 99% and reboots to do the next step. When I check the
> > $WIN_NT$.~LS\I386 folder there are exactly 149 files
> missing. I have
> > not
> spent the
> > time yet to fi gure out the exact files, but if I copy a 386
> folder in
> > from
> the
> > cd then the process continues on as normal.
> >
> > The feedback I got before was that the server drive is
> slow, but I
> > have a really hard time believing that theory, since the
> files can be
> > copied from a cd-rom drive during install where the process is the
> > same - just a
> file
> > copy. The server is less than one year old an has an
> ata133 ide drive
> > running at 7200 rpm. The machine that it is going to is a
> mere pIII
> > 450,
> so
> > if there is a problem it is that the client is slow. Can someone
> > explain this better, and/or tell me what I am doing wrong?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Chad D. Anderson
> >
> >
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