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ksdh, Can Solaris see the drive?

You may not need the command line if your installing Ubuntu. Most of the configuration items have a GUI. So, unless you plan on becoming a power user or converting your PC into a server you won't need the command line in Ubuntu. shauber

Try this. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromUSB It talks about using GRUB to access the USB. The BIOS has to support talking to USB but doesn't have to support booting.

Not sure I agree with that, IRudebwoy. Once GRUB loads, the BIOS is out of the picture. You should be able to add a section for GRUB to boot from the device/partition that is your USB stick instead of hda1 or whatever. I can't think of the syntax right now. shauber

I like TCL/Expect for this kind of thing. It's meant for writing interactive scripts. I use it for automated config changes on my Cisco switches. The commands are simple: call "telnet 192.168.0.1" wait "user:" send "foo" wait "password:" send "foobar" wait "cisco >" send "set port blah blah...

I've never been able to cut/paste through rdesktop but I can cut/paste using WIN Remote Desktop. Please specify: what is the client and what is the server in each case.

Wait. Your a noob and your compiling Samba? I don't get it. Just use the binary.