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Title: DHCP and Static IP addresses with Ghost Post by loss on Mar 13th, 2010 at 6:40pm
Hi guys,
Just found this website last night and have read the guide on creating a bootable ghost CD. Really cool stuff, and thank you for all the great information. Here's my question: If I wanted to create one Boot CD that uses DHCP, and another one that uses static IP address, how would I do that? It seems like the only way to do this is to go through the Network Boot Wizard but the guide doesn't mention this... Sorry if this is a newbie question. Thanks for any help. |
Title: Re: DHCP and Static IP addresses with Ghost Post by NightOwl on Mar 14th, 2010 at 11:16am
@ loss
Welcome to Radified Forums! Which version of Ghost are you using--the specific details may change--but, probably not.....? From Ghost 2003's User Guide, page 80, regarding creating boot disks using the Ghost Boot Wizard with Network Support: Quote:
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So, the Boot Wizard will create the necessary DOS command lines. When you get to the end, you will get a summary of the [autoexec.bat] and [config.sys] files that it is going to create--you can use that information to substitute for the ones in the Bootable CD/DVD Guide. And, the Boot Wizard will probably want to create a two floppy disk boot set because all the data will not fit on a single 1.44 MB floppy. You don't actually have to have a floppy drive or create the floppy boot disks--just read and record the necessary command lines for the boot file entries. (However, having a floppy drive and creating the floppy disks can make copying files and command lines much simpler!) So, you run into another problem with the bootable CD--adding any additional files to what's outlined in the Guide, will exceed the 1.44 MB file size limit of the hidden optical disc boot sector. It is possible to create a larger optical disc boot sector (WinImage will do this without any problem, but your optical burning software may not create anything other than the standard 1.44 MB hidden boot sector--that's usually the limitation--you have to find a burning program that will work with boot sectors other than 1.44 MB), or you can put the *ghost.exe* program into the data portion of the optical disc rather than the boot sector--that then leaves plenty of space on the 1.44 MB boot sector for additional boot files. Then, you have to translate the command lines that assume they are for a floppy boot disc to reflect that you are actually booting from the optical disc--all the boot files in the hidden boot sector will still be referenced as A:/, but the booting of the *ghost.exe* will have to point to the data portion of the optical disc--the Guide will assign the optical drive drive letter X:/, unless you have changed that command line for some reason. If you follow the instructions, then simply placing the load command for Ghost (i.e. *ghost.exe*) at the end of the [autoexec.bat] file will find *ghost.exe* on the X: optical drive because the *path* statement includes telling DOS to look at the X: drive for any files referenced in the boot files--if the path is not otherwise specified! Here's another guide that talks about creating a network boot disc for Ghost 8: How to Create a Ghost 8.0 Network Boot CD . And here's a discussion of adding additional boot files for USB and Firewire support--and having to put the *ghost.exe* on the data portion of the optical boot disc: Adding USB (and Firewire) to Ghost Boot CD. Hope this helps! Questions? |
Title: Re: DHCP and Static IP addresses with Ghost Post by loss on Mar 16th, 2010 at 2:26pm Quote:
Hi Nightowl. Thank you very much for all your help. As you mentioned, I ran into a problem with the size of floppy. Even 2.88MB isn't enough for the disk I'm trying to build. If l I had a program that could work with floppy images over 1.44MB how could I put ghost.exe on the data portion instead of the boot portion. I'm sorry for the newbie questions. Thanks a lot. |
Title: Re: DHCP and Static IP addresses with Ghost Post by loss on Mar 17th, 2010 at 12:04am
Sorry, looks like I figured it out :) Well on the older laptops, at least. When I tried the newest laptop we have, Dell Latitude E6400, it won't work. Looks like it was a DVD-ROM driver issue, but I was tired to continue for today :) I'm going to try gcdrom.sys tomorrow and see of that helps.
Anyway, now that I have my DHCP disk setup, is it possible to change something so that it becomes a boot cd with a static IP address. We have several laptops that can't be registered with DHCP and the only way to image them is to boot from a disk with a static IP address. Hopefully someone here can help! Thank you! |
Title: Re: DHCP and Static IP addresses with Ghost Post by NightOwl on Mar 17th, 2010 at 9:40am
@ loss
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Above links show you the step for creating a *static* IP address boot floppy. Best way is to do the Ghost Wizard on a system with a floppy drive--even an external USB floppy drive will work--once you have the network config file for the static address--put that file in place of the DHCP config file before burning your boot disc. Quote:
Yup--could be a SATA optical drive. I'm out of town for the next week--if you're still having issues, I'll be back and can help troubleshoot then! |
Title: Re: DHCP and Static IP addresses with Ghost Post by loss on Mar 22nd, 2010 at 3:20pm
Hi Nightowl. Thank you for helping me.
Well, I got the CD to work with all of my models...well, kind of :)...For Dell Optiplex 745, 755, and 760 I need to switch SATA mode from AHCI to ATA or Legacy for my CD to work. For older models, though, there's no problem and I don't have to switch anything. Would you know what could be happening? As to regards to static IP thing, I was hoping for something like shown in the pictures below, especially the second one: http://www.geektorium.com/images/boot_menu_1.jpg http://www.geektorium.com/images/boot_menu_network.jpg I wish I could create something like this but don't know where to start. Thanks again! |
Title: Re: DHCP and Static IP addresses with Ghost Post by NightOwl on Mar 25th, 2010 at 11:59am
@ loss
Those are interesting *.jpg* links--I was going to ask you where/how you found them, but discovered they where from here: Geektorium.com And, one of the *Tabs* on the top links is: Bootable Ghost CDROM and USB Drives He outlines all his boot files in that link above--but a couple of the links to programs that he uses are *dead*! Note--he does not load any optical drive drivers for DOS in his boot files--so he is depending on Ghost's *built-in* optical drive drivers if he is accessing any data on optical discs. Creating a *boot menu* in DOS is easy--but getting that *setting dialog box* for selecting *DHCP* or *Static IP* during boot is quite interesting! Quote:
Are your optical drives on those Dells SATA or PATA? Are you having to change the SATA mode to *ATA or Legacy* for the optical drives--or for the HDDs? |
Title: Re: DHCP and Static IP addresses with Ghost Post by loss on Mar 25th, 2010 at 3:22pm
Yea, it looks like he uses WBAT program to create the box. It's the second link at the bottom of the page. I wish I could figure out how to use it, though :)
For our newer models, I have to change the HDD in BIOS from AHCI to ATA for it to work... Thank you for your help! |
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