asked on

NT4 workstation with DOS boot partition for Ghost?

I have a nice NT4 workstation that I want ghost to all my workstations. I can boot from a floppy and ghost from a network server, fine.

But instead of using a floppy all the time, I would like to be able to boot to a DOS partition, where Ghost would be run and connect to a Multicast server on the network.

Essentially I want to get rid of the Ghost floppy boot disk.

I guess I can install PowerQuest BootMagic on a small fat boot partition, and have an NTFT partition for NT4 and a 3rd fat partition for DOS. But I'm not sure of the licensing cost and thought that the NT bootloader could do it.

Any advice?

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

vindevogel

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

amohat

ASKER

That doesn't really eliminate the floppy from the process, does it? Rather that using the boot ghost floppy, I'm using a boot aefdisk to switch partitions so I can run ghost etc. Sounds like an extra step.

vindevogel

Yes, but Ghost runs faster from a harddisk.
And you're no longer limited to 1.44 MB.
And ... well, more reasons for using a HD.

But, check on the APIs for Windows.
They can alter your partitions.

Put up a dummy question in the Visual Basic or MFC area.
They will be able to answer that question.

CleanupPing

amohat:
This old question needs to be finalized -- accept an answer, split points, or get a refund. For information on your options, please click here-> http:/help/closing.jsp#1
EXPERTS:
Post your closing recommendations! No comment means you don't care.