Machine Not on Network After Rebooting It with The Ubuntu CD in the Drive

[lumpie]

I left the Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid installation cd I burned in the drive and rebooted the remote machine. Now I cant get it on VNC or ping it by name. But the IP it had before still replies to pings. When I check the DHCP database in Windows Server 2003, that IP's machine name is now "ubuntu", not the same as before. Does this sound like what a machine would do when that cd is left in the drive on a reboot?

[rcgreen]

Yes, it will boot from the CD and configure itself automatically.
If you remove the CD and reboot, it will run normally on its
installed operating system.

[lumpie]

So just the one reboot with the CD in the drive and it reformatted and installed as in all data gone?

EDIT: Oh you mean remove the CD and reboot and it will be the same as before the reboot as in "other machine name" and all data?

[rcgreen]

Yes, everything will be back to normal when you reboot
without the CD in the drive.

[lumpie]

Yes, everything will be back to normal when you reboot
without the CD in the drive.

Thanks for that. I finally got someone to remove the CD and all is well now. Well, almost - I cant remote login to the machine because VNC says 'unable to connect to host, connection refused'. Im positive that I set the remote desktop not to ask for confirmation and the message is too fast for failing because of no confirmation. Windows RDP cant connect and I had no luck with a browser and Team Viewer for Linux wont work because I couldnt figure out how to get it to 'run as a service' and be available on boot up. Is there a way another way to get to the desktop, like check the remote desktop settings from a command line?