[Ani-users] ANI boot floppy fails to connect to share, then kernel panics on Dell OptiPlex GX150

[Doherty, C. - E. O. <chr...@ch...>]

I am using ANI 1.1.1 with the boot floppy, since I am waiting on approval to
make the necessary changes to the DHCP server.  The server is a Windows
Server 2003 SP1 HP box. I have performed all the configuration steps listed
on http://ani.sourceforge.net/installation.php?lang=en
<http://ani.sourceforge.net/installation.php?lang=en>  witrh the exception
of the extra DHCP options, but those have been added manually to the floppy
image using ANIDisk.
 
The client is a Dell OptiPlex GX150 SFF with an integrated 3Com 3C905C NIC
("Tornado").  The NIC driver appears to load successfully, but then I get
the following boot messages:
 
Connection to '\\cael-dp01\AI386' failed!                    failed
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
 
From the init.rc, it looks like smbmount is failing, but I have no idea why.
 
One possible answer is this whole encrypted password nonsense.  While I
realize the rationale behind encrypting the password, if that's going to be
a built-in part of the system, the documentation needs to clearly and
explicitly state exactly where the encrypted password is entered and where
the plaintext password is to be entered.  For instance, when I am creating
the ANI access user on the server, do I use the encrypted password or the
plaintext password?  When I set the custom options on the DHCP server, do I
use the plaintext password or the encrypted password?  When I create the
boot floppy using ANIDisk, do I specify the plaintext password or the
encrypted password?  For that matter, do I need to specify the username as
just 'aniuser' or do I need to use the fully-qualified 'cael-dp01\aniuser'
syntax in ANIDisk?
 
There's no architecture diagram to indicate how the password is passed to
the server or I could figure this out myself.
 
Chris Doherty
Helpdesk Analyst
Crompton Co./Cie a Chemtura Company
Elmira: (519) 669-1671 x319