sysprep answer file deploying 2k pro

somebody help me with this.

I'm rolling out 2k pro clients using sysprep and ghost. I've got the sysprep mini install automated, but I can't get the mini install to name the computers appropriately.

If I'm doing a full unattended install, I can import a list of computer names. no such thing apparently in setup manager for the sysprep install.

so I put the computernames in sysprep.inf and made a udf file to go with it.

the sysprep.inf look like this

Quote:

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[UserData]
FullName=TTI-Denver
OrgName="Texas Technical Institute"
ComputerName=*


[SetupMgr]
ComputerName0=TTID-101
ComputerName1=TTID-102
ComputerName2=TTID-103
ComputerName3=TTID-104
ComputerName4=TTID-105
ComputerName5=TTID-106

---

the sysprep udf file looks like this

Quote:

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;SetupMgrTag
[UniqueIds]
TTID-101=UserData
TTID-102=UserData
TTID-103=UserData
TTID-104=UserData
TTID-105=UserData
TTID-106=UserData

[TTID-101:UserData]
ComputerName=TTID-101
[TTID-102:UserData]
ComputerName=TTID-102
[TTID-103:UserData]
ComputerName=TTID-103
[TTID-104:UserData]
ComputerName=TTID-104
[TTID-105:UserData]
ComputerName=TTID-105
[TTID-106:UserData]
ComputerName=TTID-106

---

I'm screwing something up because I just got a random generated computer name after I ghosted a machine. should the computername= be set to something other than *

I'm not finding a whole lot of info on the web for this. somebody help me.

had the same problem during the week, i got around it by using sysprep with mini setup option, burning the image to a cd and using the cd on all computers. then entered the individual names for each install. works for a small number of installs

[UserData]
ComputerName
Value: <string>

Specifies the computer name. If the ComputerName key is empty or missing, the user is prompted to enter a computer name. If the value is *, Setup generates a random computer name based on the organization name specified.

Note The computer name specified should contain no more than 63 characters. If more are specified, the name is truncated to 63 characters.

Here is the link to MS TechNet on using Sysprep if that helps as well.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...d/sp1unatd.asp