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 <malcolm.re...@live.com> 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:asbz...@gmail.com] > 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 <sep...@gmail.com> 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 <mich...@smithcons.com> > 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:br...@briandesmond.com] >> 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 >> br...@briandesmond.com >> >> c - 312.731.3132 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] >> 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:sep...@gmail.com] >> 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/> ~
