Re: Problem with the System Cloning Tool

I'd like for my cloned systems to take on names that begin with some fixed prefix and then
have an incrementing number on the end. I don't see how I could automated that. My
systems are headless and keyboard-less. How can I change the computer name from a remote
network connected location?

In article <eNPZebrRFHA.3072@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Km wrote:
> From: "KM" <konstmor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Problem with the System Cloning Tool
> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:13:05 -0700
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded
>
> Rob,
>
> I am taking back some of my previous statements about how FBA generates computer names.
> A quick journey in to FBA just showed me that the algorithm is extremely simple. No use
of MAC, and the seed is the same but just
> updated with the local time current to the call.
> It they happened to use CRT's srand/rand then the generated pseudo-random names are not
random at all.
>
> Since all your target are the same it might have happened that you turned them on the
same time and get the same seed for some (15)
> of them.
> This is all just a guess of mine, of course.
>
> But I'd recommend you to come up with your own good algorithm for generating computer
names and use APIs like SetComputerNameEx.
>
> --
> Regards,
> KM, BSquare Corp.
>
> PS. There are even some obvious bugs in the FBA gen name algorithm implementation but
this is irrelevant to your problem.
>
> > I'm using the System Cloning Tool to name my machines, now I seal the image,
> > clone the drives and put the drives in our terminals. However, on a sample of
> > only 80 images we've had about 15 network name clashes. Is there a setting
> > that I have to have change, or is there a top limit that the machines will
> > safely clone to?
> >
> > My concern is that we are toying with the idea of using remote boot systems
> > that will have in the order of a 1000 units. Will we end up in the situation
> > where large numbers of our terminals will have name clashes?
> >
> > Thanks for any information you might have.
> > Rob
> > --
> > .Net Development Engineer
> > ECM Systems Ltd
>


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