Mike Patterson

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I'll take a stab at it--but, haven't come across your particular problem before...

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I think that's a strong clue!

When creating a Ghost image file, if the data is greater than a single file can hold, the data has to be spanned across additional spanned file(s), creating a single image file set.  When you set up the image creation, you can use up to 8 characters in the initial image name and Ghost will tack on a *.gho* to the end of that name.

If you use more than 5 characters in the initial file name, when Ghost creates the additional spanned files (.ghs), it will automatically reserve the last three characters of a 8 character name and over-write the name with *001* and leaving the initial 5 characters of the initial file name intact, and will increment that number by 1 for each additional spanned file that is created in this particular spanned file set.  If you have exactly 5 characters in the name, then all five characters will be retained in each of the additional spanned files--but still 8 characters in length.  And, if you have fewer than 5 characters in the initial file name, then Ghost will add additional zeros to the name so the final spanned file names are 8 characters in length.

So, the default behavior of Ghost is to create an 8 character name for all the spanned files in an image file set.  The initial *.gho* file can be any number of characters up to 8 and Ghost will not care about that.  I suspect that means that Ghost always looks for that same pattern in the image file set when it looks for the next spanned image file--i.e. an 8 character name--with the first 5 characters matching the initial *.gho* file name, and zeroes in any position if the file name is less than 5 characters.

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So, if you change the file names to the following, Ghost would probably move onto the next spanned file without prompting:

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I think the command switch *-span* is of no value in a *restore* procedure--it only works when creating a Ghost image, and you run out of space on the initial destination, Ghost then prompts you for the next location for completing the image creation--this function is *automatic* if Ghost is writing spanned image files to multiple optical discs and is not needed there either.

And, because Ghost32 only runs under a Windows OS, what happens when it gets to the *-rb* (re-boot) switch when running from a *command window*--does it simply shut down the command window--or does it re-boot the whole system?  I know it re-boots the whole system when you're running in pure DOS--but, I have no idea what effect that command has in a Windows command window!

Mike Patterson

Thanks for the feedback--in the past, there have been a number of posts regarding Ghost's failure to automatically find and use the next spanned file--never caught that Ghost was looking for an eight character spanned file name!--this has finally brought an explanation to light--good question!--good observation--and answer!