Ghost Solution Suite

Hey, folks!

I'm already going nuts with this GSS of mine.
Basically I succeded at installing the client remotely and everythings seems to be working fine but when I send the command to the client machine to boot so I can create an image, the client shuts down, restarts, initiates the ghost task and then shows a message saying that it can't get a dynamic IP from the DHCP server.

The thing is that this is the same machine that was working perfectly with a dynamic IP two seconds before! The DHCP server is connected directly to the client and is also the GSS server.
I'm using a Realtek8139 on the client, the same network adapter as in the Ghost list.

Can anyone help please????

Thanks a lot!

I don't have any specific experience with the 8139, but from your description the DHCP failure message from the DOS client has to mean that there is some kind of problem with the DOS network drivers. Trying to obtain an IP address is the first thing the TCP stack does, so if there is a major problem with the network drivers, that's the error you will see.

What isn't so easy to tell is why they fail - all the Ghost applications can see is that they got no response to their DHCP request. The source of the problem could be in several places, and it's tricky to say exactly why.

For instance, it appears that there at least 4 different revisions of the 8139 chipset in circulation (and some "compatible" variant designs from other manufacturers), so it may be that the auto-selection hasn't found quite the right driver. It may pay to have a close look at whether there are any other network templates you can try (I just took a look in GSS2, and there are templates for both "8139" and "8139c").