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  • 1.  span question

    Posted Jun 05, 2007 10:36 AM
    I am currently creating a bootable dvd for image deployment and I am almost there. At this point I have the dvd booting into ghost and starting to load the image. The problem arises as the image is spanned across 3 files and when the first file is loaded ghost then stops until I browse to the next file.  The command I am using is...
     
    ghost.exe -clone,mode-load,src=q:\ghost\stu.gho,dst=1 -sure -fx
     
    The file names are
    stu.gho
    stu001.ghs
    stu002.ghs
     
    Is there a switch that i can use for ghost to bypass the intervention and find the next image automatically?
     
    Thanks,
     
    Rene


  • 2.  RE: span question

    Posted Jun 05, 2007 10:55 AM
    almost there
     
    add -batch to your command line, that should do it.


  • 3.  RE: span question

    Posted Jun 05, 2007 02:55 PM
    I tried adding -batch to the command line and the result was an error message that it could not locate the next span and then it aborted the process. 
     
    Rene


  • 4.  RE: span question

    Posted Jun 05, 2007 06:57 PM
    I would have thought that the -sure or -batch switch would have done it too. what about the -quiet switch?

    It sounds like all the spans are on the same dvd, is that right?
    if so, maybe you could use ghostexplorer to re-compile the spanned images into 1 file instead.


  • 5.  RE: span question

    Posted Jun 05, 2007 06:57 PM
    There is a switch called -dlist
    It will look for the drives for the span file.
     
    so for example, if you have a span file in q:\
     
    ghost -clone,mode=load,src=q:\ghost\stu.gho,dst=1 -sure -fx -batch -dlist=q
     
    hope this works. :)


  • 6.  RE: span question

    Posted Jun 06, 2007 01:25 PM
    I have now tried the -batch and the -dlist switch and neither work at finding the next file. I get the same problem.  I have also tried to create one large image but at 4.7Gb it is not supported as when i try to boot from the dvd it bypasses the dvd and goes to the next device in the boot order.
     
    Has anyone had any success in doing this? 
     

    Message Edited by Rene on 06-06-200710:25 AM



  • 7.  RE: span question

    Posted Jun 06, 2007 05:42 PM
    um.. it is interesting.
    all your span files are in one dvd. right?
    where is the ghost.exe located?
    what if you go into the q:\ghost directory and run ghost from there?


  • 8.  RE: span question

    Posted Jun 07, 2007 01:41 AM
    Sorry to hear that you're having problems with image spanning. Recently my images expanded to 3 spans which is the same as what you've shown.
    I've been providing bootable DVD's to our satillite facilities for several years with little or no problem --> As long as I adhere to the DOS 8.3 convention. If my file name is longer than 8 charactors then I run in to the same problem that you're having.
    Here is the command line that I've been using
    echo           Loading Ghost  ...
    ECHO.
    ECHO.
    d:
    d:\ghost -clone,mode=load,src=d:\xpsp2Pr.gho,dst=1 -sure -rb

    The secret that I've found lies with using the -sure command.
    I added the -rb command recently so that ghost would automatically reboot the machine after ghost process has completed --  into the OS and it then runs mini setup (SysPrep) commands. This way once the ghost process and mini set up finishes it will be ready for me to log into the computer (I must have the bios set to boot the HD <<before>> the CD/DVD).
    It makes it a lot easier for me to perform other tasks without having to baby sit the ghosting operation..
    One further note:  I presume that you are including the Ghost.exe in the same location on the DVD as the ghost image files.

    Hope that this helps
    Mikeee  :smileywink:


  • 9.  RE: span question

    Posted Jun 07, 2007 10:27 AM
    Thanks for all the replies.  I figured out what the problem was.  The initial image was created using the ghost console and I assumed that I would be able to use the image on a bootable dvd.  I then created a new image using a bootable cd and ghostcast server.  Using the new spanned image I created a bootable dvd and it works great.