plainolguy
Quote:Mine is Nero Express 6 also. However, I was able to update it from the web site when I first purchased it.
Do you have the *full* version of Nero, and not just the Nero Express 6 program?
The reason I ask is that I've never used the *full* version, and the *Express* program is designed to be *CD burning for dummies*, and so it does not allow for making a lot of selections of different *advanced* burning settings. As you have reported--the newer version of the *Express* program will not allow for the boot image file to be other than its own version--some flag or check-sum that the program must check for--and that workaround gets past that check.
But I've seen references to the *full* Nero program that suggests that in its *Advanced* setting options for burning--you can select a *custom boot image* file. But, I've not asked anyone to confirm that--maybe you could
?!
Quote:Now that I have a boot CD thanks to you guys (thanks recnep) I`m wondering if anyone has tried to run Ghost strictly from CD?
DOS Ghost can be run from any location that DOS has access to--so any FAT based file system, but not NTFS formatted partitions.
So, in the *
Step-by-Step Instructions
*, in the outline for using *
Nero's OEM NeroExpress6
*, in step #3, I say:
Quote:The next screen, (Disc Content), gives you the option to select data to be burned to the disc. For this bootable CD project, skip adding any files to the data portion of the disc--the burn will be much quicker.
If you want *ghost.exe* on the bootable CD, instead of *skipping adding any files to the data portion of the disc*, browse to your *ghost.exe* file and add it at this step. I would place it in the data disc's *root directory* and not a sub-directory for the reason I'll state below.
Now *ghost.exe* will be on the bootable CD. And because the boot files load the DOS drivers to access your optical drive--you will have access to your *ghost.exe* program on the CD.
If you have followed the
Guide
without modifications, your optical drive will be assigned X:\, you will now have *ghost.exe* in the root directory of X:\, and your *autoexec.bat* path statement will have X:\ in it--so the last command of the *autoexec.bat* will find the *ghost.exe* on X:\ and load it from there.
I would recommend one change to the *autoexec.bat* line for loading Ghost--add the switch *-ghostoncd*--now Ghost will place the *ghost.exe* in the root directory of any CD or DVD that you burn an image to--so Ghost will always be available on bootable optical media that it creates. The switch does not effect any other functions of Ghost when working with images on HDD's:
[autoexe.bat]
path=a:\;x:\
mouse.com
mscdex.exe /d:nightowl /l:x /m:16 /v
ghost.exe
-ghostoncd Quote:Has anyone tried Deepburner?
I tried a bunch of *freeware* CD burning programs when I was writing the
Guide
, including *Deepburner*, and even though they said they would create a bootable CD using a *WinImage* boot image file--I was unsuccessful with all of them. But, it's been a year now--maybe newer versions are out now that do work--you would have to give them a try--I haven't recently.
As always--for the good of the forum, it's good to hear feedback of what others have tried
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