On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Ben Greenfield <b...@cogs.com> wrote: > > On May 29, 2009, at 5:18 AM, roudoudou wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm trying to setup an unattended server on Fedora 10 and netbooting >> the client but the booting process is stopped at the mount stage. The >> exact error message is: >> ---- >> *** Trying to mount.cifs \\ntinstall\install /z -o >> username=guest,ro,nocase >> *** mount.cifs "succeeded", but /z/dosbin/install.pl not found >> *** Failed to mount /z. Retrying... >> ---- >> what bothers me is that when i issue a Ctrl+X to get a shell, i can >> use successfully the same command to mount the share ? I thought that >> the issue was related to the backslash as when i type the same command >> on my fedora box, i get: >> ---- >> mount error: improperly formatted UNC name. \ntinstallinstall does not >> begin with \\ or // > > I remember gettng stuck at this point a couple of times and I think it was > always around the smb config that I was able to fix it. > Hi, It must be that but i still don't get why the mount succeed with the same command line once dropped into a shell :-/ > I also notice that the error message seems to have the incorrect path > \ntinstallinstall. I would guess that the first slash is used as an escape > character in the setting file which is why you get the wrong path and no > mount. > > That would also explain why it works manually. > As said by tovis, it works ok from the command line if i either use forward slash or if i escape the backslash. Still, even if i define z_path=//ntinstall/install (using the @ip give the same result btw) in my pxelinux config file, seems that /etc/master can't still mount the share :-/
> Good Luck, Thanks ! I'll try to revert to 4.7 release i guess > > Ben > > > >> ---- >> So i tried to define the z_path var on my pxelinux.cfg/default boot >> file but the initrd is still not able to mount the share and i just >> don't know what i'm doing wrong :( >> >> Thanks for your help ! >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT >> is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. >> Meet >> the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & >> iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like >> Barbarian >> Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com >> _______________________________________________ >> unattended-info mailing list >> unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
