Hello,
just a few hours ago i found an error similar to this you've got. i have got a working installation of unattended and today i got into a machine which produces the problem with mount. it was so strange. i dont know why but from an intuition i changed the machine's sata mode to a compatible one. tadam, the problem disappeared! looks not related to this? than what would you say to this solution? it can be reproduced anytime. i was surprised, too. give it a try, who knows. Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 7:55:54 PM, you wrote: > Hey everyone, > I was wondering if I could get some assistance with a problem I've been > having mapping the install share. I'm attempting to do a diskless network > boot with a pre-existing PXE server on a linux box. I edited the > pxelinux.cfg/default file to include > "LABEL winxp > KERNEL unat > APPEND initrd=unatin.img z_user=guest z_password=guest > z_path=//carson/install" > I also read about the ntinstall call (though I believe that's only for > using the boot disks) so I edited the smb.conf file to include the line > "netbios aliases = ntinstall". My install share (also in the smb.conf > file) is named [install] with a path matching the path in the pxe default > file...When I try to boot it up (I've tried using vmware, VirtualBox OSE, > and "real" computer booting...consequently does it matter if I'm using a > virtual machine?) it goes through everything just fine until it gets to > the install share, then it gives me this error: > "Trying mount.cifs \\carson\install /z -o username=guest,ro,nocase > mount error: could not find target server. TCP name carson/install not > found. No ip address specified and hostname not found. > *** mount.cifs failed > *** Failed to mount /z. Retrying..." > Then it asks if I want to override the defaults again. I've tried > switching my slashes around, using an authorized username and password > (instead of guest) to no avail. > I do need to point out one thing that may be an issue, so I'd like your > feedback on it. My install folder is on another harddrive on the server > (in the /disk2/ folder), but I read somewhere (I'll see if I can find the > link to the site if necessary) that shares cannot be mounted outside of > the root directory...so I set up a /install/ folder (which is where all my > path variables point to) which contains symlinks to all the folders in the > /disk2/install directory...would this make a difference? > Using the console, I am able to ping the server by typing "carson", but I > am unable to use the mount command to mount the shared folder...but then > again I may just be phrasing my "mount" command incorrectly. > I am not aware of a DHCP server on our system, and I was instructed that a > netbios aliases in the smb.conf file would suffice. Hopefully you all can > help me out here, because I'm at a loss and the boss would like to see > some results. Thank you for all your help in advance, if you need any more > information please let me know and I'll be happy to send it out. > Scott > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > unattended-info mailing list > unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
