Ghost Solution Suite

I am able to autoimage my corporate image on a DVD but it asks for the spanned file. Any idea how to automate the entire process through the ghost switches.

This is what my ghost switch looks like now.

Ghost.exe -CLONE,MODE=LOAD,SRC=D:\scannerpc.gho,dst=1:1 -AUTO -SURE -FX

What must I add to get the solution I am asking for so that I don't have to manually enter to the spanned file(s) on my DVD?

Thanks for anyones help.

Try this:

-CLONE,MODE=restore,SRC=D:\scannerpc.gho,dst=1 --sure -rb

You can also add -batch switch but problem with imaging from DVD/CD is that whether you want to or not ghost will not be able to locate next segment simply because it is located on the next DVD/CD so it will still prompt you 'coz it cannot find next span!

I'd suggest using USB instead.

Cheers.

Try this:

-CLONE,MODE=restore,SRC=D:\scannerpc.gho,dst=1 --sure -rb

I actually tried mode=restore, but you suggest two dashes for sure?

You can also add -batch switch but problem with imaging from DVD/CD is that whether you want to or not ghost will not be able to locate next segment simply because it is located on the next DVD/CD so it will still prompt you 'coz it cannot find next span!

I'd suggest using USB instead.

Cheers.

Even though the spanned file is in the same directory or root as the .gho file on the DVD? What does the -batch switch do?

That was a typo. Once dash for -sure. Thank you for pointing that out.

The -span option has ghost automatically load the next image.  That should be what you need.  One problem I have encountered is that if the ghost image names are over 8 characters long (including the numbers) ghost will not automatically load the next span.  I use the following format for my image names and haven't had a problem since:

Image.gho
Image001.ghs
Image002.ghs

And for your reference a sample line that loads a ghost image file onto a partition from a network server:

X:\Ghost32.exe -clone,mode=prestore,src="I:\Images\Lab\4.9.09\Image.gho":1,dst=1:1 -sure -span

The -span option has ghost automatically load the next image.  That should be what you need.  One problem I have encountered is that if the ghost image names are over 8 characters long (including the numbers) ghost will not automatically load the next span.  I use the following format for my image names and haven't had a problem since:

Image.gho
Image001.ghs
Image002.ghs

And for your reference a sample line that loads a ghost image file onto a partition from a network server:

X:\Ghost32.exe -clone,mode=prestore,src="I:\Images\Lab\4.9.09\Image.gho":1,dst=1:1 -sure -span

Do I use it in conjunction with -AUTO? Could I rename the spanned files or what that jeopardize the integrity of the file? Currently the filename is about 12 characters long.

To make sure that we're on the same page.  You have your ghost image split into multiple files burned to a DVD and you are restoring it to the local hard drive.  You want it to automatically use the next span on the same DVD without asking you.  If that's the case then all you should need is the -sure and -span options.  Yes you can rename the image files without any problems.  

This is correct. The spanned files and gho files are all on the same DVD. I did have to rename the files to fit the Dos 8.3 character filename limitation. Once I did that, along with the -span option, it worked like a charm. Thanks.

The -span option has ghost automatically load the next image.  That should be what you need.  One problem I have encountered is that if the ghost image names are over 8 characters long (including the numbers) ghost will not automatically load the next span.  I use the following format for my image names and haven't had a problem since:

Image.gho
Image001.ghs
Image002.ghs

And for your reference a sample line that loads a ghost image file onto a partition from a network server:

X:\Ghost32.exe -clone,mode=prestore,src="I:\Images\Lab\4.9.09\Image.gho":1,dst=1:1 -sure -span

It worked. Thanks for your help.

To make sure that we're on the same page.  You have your ghost image split into multiple files burned to a DVD and you are restoring it to the local hard drive.  You want it to automatically use the next span on the same DVD without asking you.  If that's the case then all you should need to add is the -span option.  I'm not sure what -auto does as my version (11) doesn't show that in the help file; it probably.  Yes you can rename the image files without any problems.