Ghost Solution Suite

Hi.

Ive run into a problem where i work.

We bought 30 new HP elitedesk 800 G2 which i would like to image. Im using 2.5 with the 3com tools. Im trying to boot with PC-DOS

But when i try i get stuck at the Transferring Image. Can this be driver related? im using the universal packet driver 2.0.

The nic in these computers are named intel i219-LM.

We also have some HP elitedesk 800 G1 with intel i217-LM, here the image i have created works perfektly. also our 5 years old HP DC7900 works with the same pxe/sys file.

Are there any newer Universal packet driver availeble? 

Jimmido,

There are no drivers for the Intel i219-LM card compatible with any of the preboot operating systems used by Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 (PC-DOS & WinPE 2.x). I advised upgrading to Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 Standard Tools. This will allow you to use WinPE 10 boot disks, and Win10 drivers for the preboot environment. Even if the NIC driver issue was not causing an issue, however, you would likely run into a UEFI-related issue. The newer version of the Ghost executables was designed with UEFI technology in mind. I recommend upgrading.

Thank you,

Randall Newnham

Hallo Randall.

Thank you for your reply, im downloading the trial right now, to see if this solves the problem.

Thanks again.

Randall's not entirely correct as this article gives you a way of using the Win 7 version of WinPE with GSS 2.5 so that Win 7 drivers can be used:

https://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/creating-and-using-winpe31-image-gss-251

However, you don't get the full functionality of GSS, so trialing version 3.x of Ghost is indeed a smart step to take.

So you are both talking about WinPE. but i allways used pc-dos boot to ghost. cant i keep doinf that? its so simple.

Sure, if you stick with machines that are 10-15 years old.

PC DOS does not recognise SATA drives.  Your bios needs to have a compatibility mode which emulates the old IDE standard otherwise DOS just fails to see the drive.

PCDOS uses CHS access to hard disks. This limits the capacity you can access unless your bios has extensions, and even then there are FAT limits you will quickly hit.  Modern disks use LBA to access hard disks.

PCDOS has no USB access (there are tricky solutions but all are unreliable IME)

PCDOS has memory management limits - with some DOS drivers you may need to use upper memory management to get everything loaded. Also, DOS drivers are not on every NIC manufacturer's to-do list.

PCDOS has NO idea what to do with a UEFI bios which is pretty much standard on modern machines.

Do I need to give you any more reasons???

...We also used to watch B&W TV, but I'm betting you have colour TV now.....;-)