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
