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Ghost + Bootable DVD and Automatic Image deployment, How?

Asked by: Naif

Hello,
I posted a question before on: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Backup_Restore/Norton_Ghost/Q_24612878.html

I'll clarify myself again,

1- I have a desktop system HP 7100C with 1 SATA hard drive partitioned into C drive (20 GB) and D drive (58 GB)
2- I installed a modified version of Windows XP such that "Documents and Settings" folder will be always on D drive.
3- I booted , run Ghost 11.55 and snapped an Image for drive C and saved it on drive D.


After that,
1- I created a bootable DVD including the image
2- I modified the Autoexec.bat file to load the image directly from the DVD by inserting the DVD into the drive without any "click, choice, user entry", as a FULLY AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT.

I couldn't do it, I passed by so many threads and questions and I tried them all and seems no success, here is a word file with snapshot for my image and contents of autoexec.bat files, you might recognize where is the problem could be, I would be happy to provide all needed information though I will be able to try to restore the needed work only tomorrow morning.

I believe it's related to SATA drivers and DVD support.


Thanks

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2009-08-08 at 10:59:02ID24637259
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Ghost

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DVD

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Automatic

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Restore

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Deployment

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Backup & Restore Software

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Norton Ghost Backup Software

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Answers

 

by: NaifPosted on 2009-08-09 at 02:32:12ID: 25053452

Great, I modified the post and uploaded the file since it's my first time. I didnt know about Hiren CD thus i'll look for a trail version to try it and once I success, i'll buy the full version. I'll try to test the 2 links you posted and comeback with a feedback.

Thanks

 

by: rindiPosted on 2009-08-09 at 03:00:09ID: 25053515

I did something similar using freedos and tools from terrabyte unlimited, Image for DOS and Bootit-ng:

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-dos.htm
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm
http://www.freedos.org/

bootit-ng has a trial version that is fully functional (it's just the bootmanager that requires registration, but you don't need thatpart), and the trial version of Image for Dos will work for I believe 2 weeks, after that the images won't be usable anymore as they time-out.

In Freedos you can make your customized autoexec.bat and config.sys and other bat files, and image for Dos uses switches on the command line that help you automize things. I used some checks that looked if the partitions were already on the disk, and if unpartitioned it would go ahead and restore the images to the proper partitions. If the partitions already existed, the user would be warned that they would be overwritten and he'd have to say Yes for it to move on. The problem is that I did this some time ago and don't remember everything. I don't have an example with me right now and as I'm not that good at programming and scripting I'd be starting from scratch at the moment. Maybe I can find my example, but that'll take some time. You might be able to work out your own method meanwhile.

 

by: SysExpertPosted on 2009-08-16 at 13:48:46ID: 25110415





The Universal TCP/IP Network Bootdisk is a DOS .

Use this for your Boot image on the CD, It handles almost all known NICs.

Set it to map a drive to your ghost server and put the F host.exe in the mapped drive.

Run ghost , and pick your image.
http://www.netbootdisk.com/
Universal Ghost boot CD

http://www.webs05.com/2007/10/16/how-to-create-a-ghost-boot-cd.html

add in the SATA ROM drivers below


SATA CDrom drivers
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=18722
gcdrom.sys
http://marktsai0316.googlepages.com/gcdromfordos

Bootable Ghost CD and other bootable CDs
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000669.htm

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/75

I hope this helps !

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