Ghost Console Task Completed
Updated: 21 May 2010 | 3 comments
We are just beginning to implement the Ghost Console solution in our environment, and are trying to different things with it. Is the only way for a Task initiated by the Console to be completed is for the end machines to boot into Windows, and the client then reports back that it has finished? Is there anyway for this to be accomplished via the Ghost Console partition?
Also, is there a supported way for a task to be pushed out to end machines via a Ghost Console Boot partition, and then have the machines shut down BEFORE booting into the Operating System? We have multiple images that need to be deployed without the end OS coming up, and I'm looking to automate this via the Ghost Console.
Any help on these two questions would be appreciated.
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For a clone task to be reported as completed successfully, the end machine needs to boot to the OS and the client to report back to the Console. This is the same using the Ghost Boot partition.
I don't think there's a switch for Ghost to shutdown the computer. However if all you want is for the end computer to not boot into Windows, then this is something you can do. In your clone task, add an 'Execute Command' step which executes in the Ghost Partition that does something like: Ghost.exe /?
Effectively, after the clone task this will be executed, Ghost will sit and display the help file. When you see this on the client machine you'd know the task has completed and you can either turn off the machine manually or reboot it by hitting the 'esc' key.
Cheers,
Bruce
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