GHOST Manual
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1. bugform txt Form for submitting bug reports _license txt Pricing and licensing information switches txt A listing of command line switches upgrade txt Instructions for upgrading your registered version of GHOST whatsnew gho Contains list of latest modifications and bug fixes The evaluation copy is a fully functional single user version but it will time out at the specified date Do not try and change the system date to fool GHOST it independently checks the system date and will not complete the clone dump load operation if the system date has been set back From diskette with without the manual GHOST is supplied in a packaged form either with or without the manual The contents of the disk are the same as in the downloadable version except of course ghost exe has no time out Copyright 1997 Binary Research 6 Ghost User Manual Using GHOST GHOST should be used in interactive mode initially Once the interactive procedure has been finalized the process can be automated by using batch mode To start GHOST in interactive mode type GHOST at the DOS prompt A startup banner will be displayed then the initial menu Selecting connection type Connection type Local Server NetBIOS Slave NetBIOS Master LPT Slave LPT Master Exit In the vast majority of cases the default option of Local Server is the best choice This allows copying of disks and partitions on a local PC as well as2. 46 Ghost User Manual OVERRIDE allows the user to override GHOST internal space and integrity checks QUIET Disables status updates and user intervention ReBoot after finishing a load or copy After completing a load or copy operation the target PC must be rebooted so that the operating system can load the new disk partition information Normally GHOST prompts the user to Press Cirl Alt Del to reboot in a similar way to FDISK RB tells GHOST to automatically reboot after completing the clone and is useful SPAN when automating GHOST a batch command file See the FX switch for another option on completion of a clone Enables Spanning across volumes SPLIT x Use this to create a forced size volume set For example if you would like to force smaller image files from a 1024 Megabyte drive you could specify 200 megabyte segments For example GHOST SPLIT 200 will divide the image into 200 Megabyte segments Use the SURE switch in conjunction with CLONE to avoid being prompted with the final Proceed with disk clone destination drive will be overwritten Question This command is useful in batch mode present Forces compression to be used when dumping a disk or partition to an image file Note that using this option will cause the operation to be much slower and is only recommended if there is insufficient space on the destination device to store the image without compression Ghost
3. E g if you are dumping copying the entire contents of a workstation disk to a server drive you must enter the server s drive letter any subdirectory names and of course the image file name If you selected the Connection type gt Local Server then the destination disk image file must reside on either a server drive the most common option or a local drive but not the one that is being copied from For any other Connection type peer to peer via NetBIOS or LPT port then the destination disk image file must reside on one of the remote drives Ghost User Manual 15 Step 3 Proceed with disk dump Confirm whether compression is to be used the default is No Compression When compression is used copying operations are much slower For this reason it is recommended that compression be used only when there is very limited space on the target device Before starting to dump the disk contents to the image file GHOST displays the source and destination details and gives you a chance to back out The default is to back out Once the copy has started GHOST keeps updating the Progress Indicator with information as shown Progress Indicator 0 25 Percent complete 20 Speed Mb min 25 Mb copied 50 Mb remaining 250 Time elapsed 2 00 Time remaining 10 00 Connection type Local Server Source Local drive 1 2055 Mb Destination Local file G IMAGES WIN95 IMG Current partition 1 Fat16 C_DRIVE Current file WINDOWS DIALER
4. copying and loading disk and partition contents to and from GHOST image files on either the network server or the local PC Selecting it takes you to the Transfer Option menu See next page for Transfer Options The next options NetBIOS Slave Master and LPT Slave Master are used only for peer to peer connections If you have a client server setup you are unlikely to need the peer to peer options NetBIOS is only used when you connect a PC to another PC via a converted or pinned out Ethernet cable or a mini Hub in workgroup mode with only the two nodes connected NetBIOS interface protocol is NOT needed to save an image file onto a server The only components needed to save an image file of a hard drive are the GHOST program along with a boot disk with the network client components Ghost User Manual 7 Peer to Peer Connections Peer to peer connections are typically used when there is no network just two computers which you wish to connect GHOST gives you the choice of connecting via NetBIOS or via the LPT printer port In both cases one computer becomes the master the other the slave To connect via the printer port you need a LapLink or FastLynx type cable plugged into the printer port of both computers To connect via NetBIOS you need a network card in each computer a converted Ethernet cable and the appropriate networking software In general connecting via the Network gives two to five times the performan
5. 2 sure To connect via NetBIOS to another PC running GHOST in slave mode and dump a disk image of local drive two to the remote file C DRIVE2 IMG ghost nbm clone mode dump src 2 dst C DRIVE2 IMG Ghost User Manual 41 Using GHOST inside of Windows95 from a DOS Window GHOST can be run from a DOS window under Windows95 Note however that it should not be used to load disk or partition images when run inside a Windows95 DOS window This is because Windows95 may write to the hard disk during the loading of the image and corrupt the disk Using GHOST inside of Windows NT from a DOS Window GHOST can not currently be run inside a DOS window under Windows NT This is because NT traps the low level write operations that GHOST uses GHOST and CDROMs GHOST can be used to install a complete Windows 95 system or WinNT from a single disk image file held on a CDROM This technique is being exploited by several Universities who are issuing students with a CDROM containing a GHOST disk image file and GHOST Students can re load their Notebook computers from the CDROM at any stage just by clicking on the GHOST icon No further user input is required Burning a GHOST disk image file onto a CDROM is a useful technique for any organization which distributes updates via CDROMS There is a special version of GHOST available which will only read an image from a CDROM drive Ask your GHOST reseller for more details Copyright 1
6. 52 L LapLink 7 License 54 Load disk 10 16 load disk image 16 22 33 Local Server 6 long file names 3 LPM 45 LPS 45 LPT 7 Master 7 mode 42 Multiple Workstations 39 N NBM 45 NBS 45 NetBios 7 47 NetBios connect 8 Network files and drivers 36 NTC 45 NTD 45 NTFS 47 NTIL 45 NTN 45 46 Ordering 51 OS 2 boot manager 3 OS 2 extended attributes 3 Partition 47 Peer to peer 7 Problem Report Sheet 53 Copyright 1997 Binary Research Progress indicator 13 Q QUIET 46 R RB 46 5 47 SID Security Identifier 38 Slave 7 source drive 11 14 23 27 30 33 Spanning across multiple volumes 19 SPLIT x 46 src 42 SURE 46 Switches 42 szen 43 Ghost User Manual 56 T Technical Support 53 Track 47 Transfer Option menu 9 U Using Ghost 6 Windows NT 38 X XCOPY 3 XINT130N 46 Z Z 46
7. Fat16 extended 200 162 2 3 07 NTFS extended NT_DRIVE 650 413 4 07 HPFS extended OS2DRIVE 350 273 Free 0 2055 1204 GHOST will display the details of all the partitions it can find on the selected source drive and allow you to select the partitions you wish to include in the partition image file Use the up and down arrows to move the cursor Press Y to select N to deselect Ghost User Manual 31 Step 3 Enter file name to copy partition image to Enter name to copy partition image to G iIMAGES NTPART IMG Enter the full path name of the image file E g if you are dumping copying the partition contents to a server drive you must enter the server s drive letter any subdirectory names and of course the image file name If you selected the Connection type gt Local Server then the destination image file must reside on either a server drive the most common option or a local drive but not the one that is being copied from For any other Connection type peer to peer via NetBIOS or LPT port then the destination image file must reside on one of the remote drives Copyright 1997 Binary Research 32 Ghost User Manual Step 4 Proceed with partition dump Confirm whether compression is to be used the default is No Compression Before starting to dump the disk contents to the image file GHOST displays the source and destination details and gives you a chance to back out The default is to
8. Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Step 3 Select destination drive Select local destination drive Size in Primary Sectors Drive Megabytes Partitions Cylinders Heads Track 128 128 GHOST will display the details of every disk it can find on the local remote PC and allow you to select the disk you wish to copy the partition to Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Step 4 Select destination partition Select destination partition from drive 2 Volume Size Data Part Description Label inMb in Mb Fat16 C_DRIVE 500 230 16 extended OLD DATA 540 24 NTFS extended NT_DRIVE 1024 415 Free 994 3063 1208 GHOST will display the details of all the partitions it can find on the selected destination drive and allow you to select the partition you wish to copy to Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Important This is the partition that is going to be overwritten Choose CAREFULLY Ghost User Manual 29 Step 5 Proceed with partition copy Before starting to overwrite the destination partition GHOST displays the source and destination details and gives you a chance to back out The default is to back out Only select Yes if you really sure the target partition will be completely overwritten with NO chance of recovering any data Once the copy has started GHOST keeps upda
9. User Manual 35 Step 5 Proceed with partition load Before starting to overwrite the destination partition GHOST displays the source and destination details and gives you a chance to back out The default is to back out Only select Yes if you really sure the target partition will be completely overwritten with NO chance of recovering any data Once the load has started GHOST keeps updating the Progress Indicator with information as shown Progress Indicator 0 25 Percent complete 20 Speed Mb min 25 Mb copied 50 Mb remaining 250 Time elapsed 2 00 Time remaining 10 00 Connection type Local Server Source Partition Type 7 NTFS_extd 650 Mb 415 Mb used NT_DRIVE From Local file G IMAGES NTPART IMG Target Partition Type 7 NTFS_extd 1024 Mb 415 Mb used NT_DRIVE From Local drive 2 3063 Mb Current file WINDOWSI DIALER INI When the partition load is complete the target PC will need to be rebooted as after a change made by FDISK By default GHOST prompts with Press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot Copyright 1997 Binary Research 36 Ghost User Manual Connecting a Workstation to a Server under DOS In order to facilitate dumping of images to a server and subsequent loading of images from a server the server drive s must be visible to the GHOST application i e they must be visible to DOS The most convenient way to allow GHOST to copy images to the server and load images from the server is
10. a FAT16 FAT32 or NTFS type which most PC disks are GHOST allows the target partition to be expanded or contracted Partition Copying GHOST can be used to make a copy of a single partition or to make an image file containing a copy of one or more disk partitions Once an image file has been created the contents for the selected partition can be loaded onto a target partition The target partition must be large enough to accommodate the selected partition from the image file It is important to note that the target partition must already be defined when using partition options Partitions are usually defined by FDISK but can be already defined on new disks Ghost User Manual 5 Installation GHOST requires no special installation procedures It is supplied in a self extracting file GHOSTDEM EXE if downloaded from the GHOST web site http www ghostsoft com or in unzipped form if supplied on diskette Because GHOST is designed to be run on any PC in accordance with the GHOST licensing rules it does not need to be installed but can be run from a DOS boot diskette Of course the GHOST files can be copied onto a hard drive or network drive for improved performance From http www ghostsoft com GHOST started life as a product that could be downloaded from the Internet with a free 30 day evaluation It still can just visit our web site at www ghostsoft com and download the FREE full featured trial The files contained are File
11. different location Caution record where you save your segments of the span Also record what file name each span segment is GHOST will not record where and what file name you have selected If you have a single partition on a drive or if you are Imaging a single partition GHOST will end on the last spanned volume with not user intervention However if you are imaging a hard drive with multiple partitions GHOST needs to record boundary information onto the first span of the image file This boundary information is recorded to track location of partition amongst the spanned set The user is prompted to confirm that the first span is ready to be updated Ghost User Manual An example of how GHOST will prompt you for span set disk one Re insert portion of spanned image G D1P1IMG IMG When the partition dump is complete the user is returned to the DOS prompt Copyright 1997 Binary Research 21 22 Ghost User Manual Loading from a spanned image When loading a disk or partition from an image file the process is the same as loading from an un spanned image file The loading procedure is the reverse of the dumping procedure The user is prompted to provide details of the each portion of the spanned image Span Volume x Done Insert Next media and press Enter to Continue OK Filename Either select OK to continue on the same form of Media Example if you originally spanni
12. ghostsoft com for our current list Copyright 1997 Binary Research 52 Ghost User Manual Applying the key to GHOST If the name of your GHOST environment file is for Example bm512 env customize using the following command line ghost e bm512 env GHOST must be at least revision 1 4 5 for this to work If your version is earlier then download the latest version from http www ghostsoft com It may pay to make a backup of your GHOST environment file in case it is accidentally deleted Ghost User Manual 53 GHOST Technical Support If you experience a problem with GHOST the first step is to load the latest version from http www ghostsoft com to see if the problem persists If it does then please fill out the following sheet and fax to 1 414 964 2201 or email the details to support ghostsoft com You may contact our technical support at the following USA 1 414 964 4099 England 44 181 905 6969 GHOST Problem Report Sheet Bug Number 2 GHOST Version Company O ContactName Phone number 2 Internet address 2 State Country Abort Number 24 Reproducible Y N Urgency 1 5 Brief Description of problem Hardware Make and Model Notes Copyright 1997 Binary Research 54 Ghost User Manual Licensing of GHOST GHOST is licensed and sold on a per seat basis For every workstation and or Hard Drive that you create using GHOST requires a unique license For
13. operations Copyright 1997 Binary Research 4 Ghost User Manual Overview GHOST is essentially a disk and or partition copying program The entire contents of a disk may be copied from one disk to another or they may be copied to a disk image file and that image file can then be used as a template to create copies of the original disk GHOST also allows these operations to be performed on the partitions of the disk i e the contents of a partition can be copied to another partition or selected partitions can be copied to an image file and that image file can be used as a template to create copies of the original partitions Each disk is made up of a Master Boot Record and from 1 to 4 primary partitions Primary partitions are physical separate areas of the disk and are usually defined by the FDISK utility Extended partitions may be further subdivided into logical drives once again using the FDISK utility However it is not important to understand the exact details of how a disk is subdivided when using GHOST Disk Copying GHOST copies every partition regardless of type from the source disk or disk image file to the destination If the source and destination disks were identical in size and structure then all that would be needed is a sector by sector copy but in practice this is seldom the case GHOST positions each partition or logical drive on the target disk using the same rules as FDISK In addition if the partition is
14. s to image file Load partition from image file Back to previous menu The Transfer Option menu presents eight choices which cover disk copying integrity checking and partition copying They are Clone disk to disk Select this option if you wish to copy all disk contents including all partitions from one disk to another Dump disk image to file Select this option if you wish to save an exact image copy of a disk in a file The file can be on a local disk a server drive or on the drive of a PC connected via NetBIOS or the LPT port Load disk from image file This is the reverse of the previous option Select this if you wish to load the contents of a disk image file onto the disk of the local PC The image file must have been previously created by GHOST Check disk integrity Select this option if you wish to check the integrity of a disk Check image file integrity Select this option if you wish to check the integrity of an image file Clone partition to partition Select this option if you wish to copy a disk partition to another partition The destination partition can be on a local disk or on the disk of a PC connected via NetBIOS or the LPT port Copyright 1997 Binary Research 10 Ghost User Manual Dump partition s to image file Select this option if you wish to save an exact image of one or more disk partitions in a file The can be on local disk a server drive or on the dr
15. space on the destination volume and is asked whether the image file is to be compressed Not enough space compress image file Yes No If the user selects compression and there is still not sufficient space the following message is displayed There may not be enough space Enable Spanning Yes If the user chose not to use compression the following message is displayed Do you wish to enable Spanning Yes No If Spanning is not enabled an error message is displayed Copyright 1997 Binary Research 20 Ghost User Manual Error Not enough space 100 Mb available 1727 Mb needed Before starting to dump the disk contents to the image file GHOST displays the source and destination details and gives you a chance to back out The default is to back out Once started the dump continues until the destination volume is filled up The user is then prompted to either select ENTER to continue or specify where the next span of the image file is to be located Press Enter or select Filename Span Volume x Done Insert Next media and press Enter to Continue OK Filename Either select OK to continue on the same form of Media Example if you started spanning onto a JAZ Drive and wish to span a 3 0 Gigabyte drive onto just JAZ disks just hit enter to continue in JAZ disks If you wish to span across different forms of media selecting Filename Gives you the option to span onto a
16. to create a network boot disk with the appropriate drivers and settings In general you need to understand the basics required to create a network accessible boot disk Individual situations vary therefore it is impossible to provide exacting procedures to assist you in creating and network client boot diskette Connecting to an NT Server In the past Microsoft provided a Workgroup Add on for MS DOS which could be used to create a network boot disk Microsoft no longer supports this product Servers running NT 4 X can create a Network Client for MS DOS installation disks which can be used to attach and login to a Windows NT network To create a boot disk that is network attachable search the help section on the NT 4 X server NT 4 X server comes with a wizard to create DOS Network boot disks The files on the client PC autoexec bat config sys and network drivers can then be copied onto a boot floppy disk and used as a network boot disk Connecting to OS 2 Use IBM s DOS LAN Services product to generate and install the network drivers and configuration files needed If you have the OS 2 Warp Server CD then you can generate the diskettes needed from this Once installed a boot diskette can be made with just the drivers and files needed Ghost User Manual 37 NET Commands Once the network drivers have been loaded the following commands can be used to connect the DOS workstation to the server Command Function ne
17. 997 Binary Research 42 Ghost User Manual Switches GHOST may be run in interactive or batch mode Batch mode is useful for automating installation or backup using GHOST Most of the GHOST switches are used to assist with batch mode operation To list switches from GHOST type ghost h All switches must be preceded with a hyphen or slash Switches are case insensitive they may be entered in upper lower or mixed case A detailed list of switches with explanations follows Explanation AFILE Overrides default abort log file with specified path CLONE smode COPY LOAD DUMP PCOPY PLOAD PDUMP src d rive file dst drive file szen F V nnnnM nnP CLONE using arguments This is the most useful of the batch switches and has a series of arguments which define a mode _ This defines the type of clone command COPY disk to disk copy LOAD file to disk load DUMP disk to file dump PCOPY partition to partition copy file to partition load PDUMP partition to file dump b src Mode Meaning COPY DUMP Source drive e g 1 LOAD Disk image filename e g G IMAGES SYSTEM2 IMG PCOPY PDUMP Source partition e g 1 2 which indicates the second partition on drive 1 PLOAD Partition image filename and partition number e g G IMAGES DISK1 IMG 2 which indicates the second partition in the image file c dst Mode Meaning COPY LOAD Destination drive e g 2 DUMP Disk image filenam
18. D This option dumps disk metrics to the dump log file DFILE Overrides default dump log file with specified path Diagnostics This is useful for debugging purposes For each disk present on the PC the physical attributes such as Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors per track and Total sectors are displayed For each partition present on each disk the Number Type Physical Logical flag Starting sector and number of sectors are displayed The diagnostics may be redirected to a file and emailed or faxed to Binary Research to Ghost User Manual 45 assist with problem solving 0 ghost di gt diag Is will output disk diagnostics to the file diag F64 Allows 64K clustersize when loading from old image files FNX Disables Extended INT13 Support FX Flag Exit Normally when GHOST has finished copying a new system to a disk it prompts the user to reboot with a Press Cirl Alt Del to Reboot window However if GHOST is being run as part of a batch file it is sometimes useful to have it just exit back to the DOS prompt after completion so that further batch commands may be processed FX enables this See RB for another option on completing a clone Image All When copying a partition from a disk to an image file or another disk GHOST examines the source partition and decides whether to copy just the files and directory structure or to do an image sector by sector copy If it understands the internal format of the partition
19. Ghost User Manual GHOST Manual INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW INSTALLATION FROM HTTP WWW GHOSTSOFT COM FROM DISKETTE USING GHOST SELECTING CONNECTION TYPE PEER TO PEER CONNECTIONS SELECTING TRANSFER OPTION CLONE DISK TO DISK DUMP DISK TO IMAGE FILE LOAD DISK FROM IMAGE FILE SPANNING AN IMAGE ACROSS MULTIPLE VOLUMES LOADING FROM A SPANNED IMAGE CHECK DISK INTEGRITY CHECK IMAGE FILE INTEGRITY CLONE PARTITION TO PARTITION DUMP PARTITION S TO IMAGE FILE LOAD PARTITION FROM IMAGE FILE CONNECTING A WORKSTATION TO A SERVER UNDER DOS CONNECTING TO AN NT SERVER Copyright 1997 Binary Research 11 14 16 19 22 23 25 27 30 33 36 36 2 Ghost User Manual CONNECTING TO OS 2 CLONING WINDOWS NT AVOIDING PROBLEMS WITH THE SID SECURITY IDENTIFIER CLONING MULTIPLE WORKSTATIONS USING GHOST IN BATCH FILES USING GHOST INSIDE OF WINDOWS95 FROM A DOS WINDOW USING GHOST INSIDE OF WINDOWS NT FROM A DOS WINDOW GHOST AND CDROMS SWITCHES GLOSSARY OF TERMS FAQ ORDERING APPLYING THE KEY TO GHOST GHOST TECHNICAL SUPPORT GHOST PROBLEM REPORT SHEET 36 38 38 39 40 41 41 41 42 47 51 52 53 53 Ghost User Manual 3 Introduction GHOST is designed to minimize the installation times for operating systems such as Win95 WinNT OS 2 This is particularly useful to organizations which have a large number of similarly configured wor
20. INI When the disk copy is complete the user is returned to the DOS prompt Copyright 1997 Binary Research 16 Ghost User Manual Load disk from image file This consists of four steps as follows ie Enter file name to load disk image from 2 Select destination drive 9 Confirm destination drive details 4 Proceed with disk load Step 1 Enter file name to load disk image from Enter name to load disk image from G iIMAGES WIN95 IMG Enter the full path name of the disk image file E g if the disk image resides on a server drive you must enter the servers drive letter subdirectory names and of course the image file name If you selected the Connection type gt Local Server then the disk image file must reside on either a server drive the most common option or a local drive but not the one that is being copied to For any other Connection type peer to peer via NetBIOS or LPT port then the disk image file must reside on one of the remote drives Step 2 Select destination drive Select local destination drive Size in Primary Sectors Drive Megabytes Partitions Cylinders Heads _ per Track 128 128 GHOST will display the details of every disk it can find on the local remote PC and allow you to select the disk you wish to copy to If this is a local disk to disk copy then the source disk will be unavailable for selection Important This is the disk that is going to get overwri
21. User Manual Glossary of Terms Term Cylinders Disk Drive FAT Head HPFS NetBIOS NTFS Partition Sector Track Meaning A parameter which along with heads and sectors track defines the size of a disk A hardware device to store data typically made up of a Master Boot Record and a number of partitions Another name for a partition Each drive is accessed by a drive letter E g C File allocation table Used by DOS Win95 and sometimes OS 2 to allocate space to files and directories Each disk has a fixed number of heads A head will read from a single platter of a disk High Performance File System an alternative to a FAT file system which is used by OS 2 A high level Network programming interface which is supported by lower level Network protocols such as IPX SPX and TCP IP New Technology File System An alternative to FAT and HPFS file systems used by WinNT A contiguous area on a disk defined in the Master Boot Record and which has a specific file system such as FAT HPFS or NTFS A 512 byte area on a disk The smallest addressable unit A group of sectors which make up one ring on a disk platter Copyright 1997 Binary Research 48 Ghost User Manual FAQ Can GHOST for DOS handle long file names for Windows 95 Window s NT and OS 2 Yes Will it work with mixed SCSI and IDE drives This depends on the operating system It will do the copy successfully but if you try and reboot then the c
22. back out Once the dump has started GHOST keeps updating the Progress Indicator with information as shown Progress Indicator 0 25 Percent complete 20 Speed Mb min 25 Mb copied 50 Mb remaining 250 Time elapsed 2 00 Time remaining 10 00 Connection type Local Server Source Type 7 NTFS extd 650 Mb 413 Mb used NO NAME from Local drive 1 2055 Mb Destination Local file G IMAGES NTPART IMG Current file WINDOWS DIALER INI When the partition dump is complete the user is returned to the DOS prompt Ghost User Manual 33 Load partition from image file This consists of five steps as follows Enter file name to load partition image from Select source partition from image file Select destination drive Select destination partition Proceed with partition load eI Step 1 Enter file name to load disk image from Enter _ file name to load image from G iIMAGES NTPART IMG Enter the full path name of the partition image file e g if the image file resides on a server drive you must enter the servers drive letter any subdirectory names and of course the image file name If you selected the Connection type gt Local Server then the image file must reside on either a server drive the most common option or a local drive but not the one that is being copied to For any other Connection type peer to peer via NetBIOS or LPT port then the image file must reside on one of the remote dri
23. ce of an LPT connection A typical LPT connection speed is 5 Megs minute a typical NetBIOS connection speed is 20 Megs minute Selecting which PC will be Master For NetBIOS and LPT connections one machine must act as the Master and the other the Slave All operator input will be on the Master computer Use the following table to choose which will be Master and which will be Slave Action 0 Disk to disk copy PC containing source disk destination disk disk image file destination disk image file cop partition destination partition partition image file destination partition image file Connecting via LPT Make sure both computers are connected via the printer port with a LapLink FastLynx type parallel cable GHOST must be running under DOS on both computers Select Master and Slave computers based on table above The parallel port MUST be set to Bi Directional or EPP or ECP You must experiment with the mode for best performance Unidirectional will Copyright 1997 Binary Research 8 Ghost User Manual not work Start the Slave first it will not time out while waiting for a signal from the Master The Master will time out after 30 seconds if a connection has not been made Once a connection has been made the data transfer speed will be displayed and the Transfer Option menu will be displayed See Selecting Transfer Option Connecting via NetBIOS Peer to Peer Make sure both computers are connected
24. cent complete Speed Mb min Mb copied Mb remaining Time elapsed Time remaining Connection type Local Server Source Local drive 1 2055 Mb Destination Current partition 1 Fat16 C_DRIVE Current file Disk OK Data size 806 Megabytes Ghost User Manual 25 Check image file integrity This consists of two steps as follows Enter image file name to check 2 Proceed with integrity check Step 1 Enter image file name to check Enter_image file name to check G iIMAGES WIN95 IMG Enter the full path name of the image file E g if the image file resides on a server drive you must enter the server s drive letter any subdirectory names and of course the image file name If you selected the Connection type gt Local Server then the image file must reside on either a server drive the most common option or a local drive For any other Connection type peer to peer via NetBIOS or LPT port then the image file must reside on one of the remote drives Copyright 1997 Binary Research 26 Ghost User Manual Step 2 Proceed with integrity check Before starting to check the integrity of the image file GHOST gives you a chance to back out The default is to proceed Once the integrity check has started GHOST keeps updating the Progress Indicator with information as shown The result of the integrity check is printed at the bottom of the screen and the user is returned to the DOS prompt Progress Ind
25. e e g G IMAGES SYSTEM2 IMG 9 szen Ghost User Manual 43 PCOPY PLOAD Destination partition e g 2 2 which indicates the second partition on drive 2 PDUMP Partition image filename e g G IMAGES DISK1 IMG The szen argument is used to set the size of the destination partitions for either a disk load or disk copy operation F Fixed This indicates that partition are to have the same size as the original source partition nnnnM This indicates that the partition is to have a size of nnnn Mb mmP This indicates that the partition is to have a size of mm per cent of the target disk F Resizes the first partition to maximum size allowed based on file type L Resizes the last partition to maximum size allowed based on file type V Variable Indicates that the partition will be resized according to the following rules Rule 1 1 the destination disk is larger than the original source disk then the partition s will be expanded to have the maximum amount of space subject to the free space available and the partition type eg 16 partitions will have a maximum size of 2048 Mb Rule 2 If the destination disk is smaller than the original source disk but still large enough to accommodate the data from the source disk the free space left over after the data space has been satisfied will be distributed between the destination partitions in proportion to the data usage the source partitions Copy
26. example if you wish to use GHOST to prepare and rollout 400 workstations to Windows 95 you need to purchase a 400 machine license pack Or in another example if you use GHOST to take a single Hard Drive and clone it to other Hard Drives each Hard Drive requires a license A 25 workstation license grant entitles you to use GHOST on total of 25 Unique Workstations and no more A 200 machine license grant entitles you to use GHOST on total of 200 Unique Workstations and no more Once a workstation is legally licensed you may use GHOST on that workstation repetitively as often as you wish Contact Innovative Software for complete licensing and terms 1 800 817 5119 or 1 414 964 2200 55 AFILE 42 allocation of space 12 19 backup 3 Batch files 42 batch mode 40 42 boot diskette 3 5 8 36 CDROMs 41 CLONE 42 Clone disk to disk 9 11 Connecting a Workstation 36 Connecting to NT 36 Connecting to OS 2 36 Connecting via LPT 7 Cylinders 47 D DD 44 destination drive 11 16 28 Destination drive details 12 17 DFILE 44 DI 44 Disk 47 Download 5 Drive 47 dst 42 Dump disk 9 dump disk image 14 E evaluation copy 5 F F64 44 FAQ 48 FastLynx 7 FAT 47 FDISK 3 4 FORMAT 3 FX 45 G GHOST ZIP 5 Glossary 47 Ghost User Manual H Head 47 HPFS 4 47 45 IBM s DOS LAN Services 36 Installation 5 Interactive mode 6 K Keynum
27. icator 0 Percent complete Speed Mb min Mb copied Mb remaining Time elapsed Time remaining Connection type Local Server Source Local drive 1 2055 Mb Destination Local drive 2 3063 Mb Current partition 1 Fat16 C_DRIVE Current file Image file passed integrity check Ghost User Manual 27 Clone partition to partition This consists of five steps as follows Select source drive Select source partition Select destination drive Select destination partition Proceed with partition clone alt Noa Note Destination Partition MUST be pre defined using FDISK Step 1 Select source drive Select local source drive Size in Primary Sectors Drive Megabytes Partitions Cylinders Heads _ per Track 128 128 GHOST will display the details of every disk it can find on the local PC and allow you to select the disk you wish to copy from Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Step 2 Select source partition Select source partition from drive 1 Volume Size Data Part Description Label inMb in Mb Fat16 C_DRIVE 800 356 Fat16 extended DATA 200 162 NTFS extended NT_DRIVE 650 413 HPFS extended OS2DRIVE 400 273 Free 0 2055 1204 GHOST will display the details of all the partitions it can find on the selected source drive and allow you to select the partition you wish to copy from Copyright 1997 Binary Research 28 Ghost User Manual
28. is clumsy GHOST currently does not understand the internal format of HPFS so it resorts to a sector by sector copy This is slower than just copying the data and does not allow expanding or contracting the partitions Can GHOST work with WinNT What about SIDS Security Identifiers Yes GHOST will work with WinNT Care must be taken when cloning WinNT workstations to avoid SID problems See Cloning WinNT for more information Does GHOST work with Netware by Novell servers GHOST can dump and restore workstation disk images to and from a Netware server however it has not been tested duplicating a Netware server It is unlikely to work Can GHOST Clone Novell Netware volumes GHOST can clone Netware partitions However no re sizing is available and the configuration must be the same or Netware might have difficulties binding to dissimilar hardware configurations Can GHOST do a push install to a client running just TCP IP No Why is it the only backup that doesn t clobber long file names in Win95 Because GHOST gets underneath the usual file system interface and deals directly with the low level file structure Can a WinNT system be replicated to a different size disk Yes Copyright 1997 Binary Research 50 Ghost User Manual When do a dir a s on the original hard drive from the root get 4 295 files but on the target drive I get 4 294 files Why Some temporary files are not included when copying a FAT par
29. it defaults to copying the files and directory structure Generally this is the best option but occasionally if a disk has been set up with special hidden security files which are in specific positions on the partition the only way to reproduce them accurately on the target partition is via an image or sector by sector copy The Image All switch forces GHOST to do a sector by sector copy of all partitions LPM LPT Master mode This switch causes GHOST to automatically go into LPT master mode and is the equivalent of selecting the LPT Master option from the Connection type menu See Peer to Peer Connections Connecting via LPT for more information LPS LPT Slave mode This switch causes GHOST to automatically go into LPT slave mode and is the equivalent of selecting the LPT Slave option from the Connection type menu See Peer to Peer Connections Connecting via LPT for more information NetBIOS Master mode This switch causes GHOST to automatically go into NetBIOS master mode and is the equivalent of selecting the NetBIOS Master option from the Connection type menu See Peer to Peer Connections Connecting via NetBIOS for more information NetBIOS Slave mode This switch causes GHOST to automatically go into NetBIOS slave mode and is the equivalent of selecting the NetBIOS Slave option from the Connection type menu See Peer to Peer Connections Connecting via NetBIOS for more information Copyright 1997 Binary Research
30. ive of a PC connected via NetBIOS or the LPT port Load partition from image file This is the reverse of the previous option Select this if you wish to load the contents of a partition image file onto a partition of the local PC Note that although the file can contain an image of more than one partition only one partition can be selected for loading from the file The file can be on a local disk a server drive or on the drive of a PC connected via NetBIOS or the LPT port The image file must have been previously created by GHOST Ghost User Manual 11 Clone disk to disk This consists of four steps as follows 1 Select source drive 2 Select destination drive 3 Confirm destination drive details 4 Proceed with disk clone Step One Select source drive Select local source drive Size in Primary Sectors Drive Megabytes Partitions Cylinders Heads per Track 128 128 GHOST will display the details of every disk it can find on the local PC and allow you to select the disk you wish to copy from Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Step Two Select destination drive Select local destination drive Size in Primary Sectors Drive Megabytes Partitions Cylinders Heads per Track 128 128 GHOST will display the details of every disk it can find on the local remote and allow you to select the disk you wish to copy to If this is a local disk to disk copy then the source dis
31. k will be unavailable for selection Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Important This is the disk that is going to get overwritten Choose CAREFULLY Copyright 1997 Binary Research 12 Ghost User Manual Step Three Destination drive details If loading from a disk image file or doing a disk to disk copy GHOST will display a suggested partition layout for the target disk By default GHOST will allocate any extra space that the new disk has to the first FAT or NTFS partition that it discovers Important You can change the size of any target FAT or NTFS partition at this stage simply by entering the new size in megabytes Use up and down arrow to move between fields GHOST will not allow you to enter a value which exceeds the available space or which is not large enough to contain the data held in the source partition When you are satisfied with the allocation of space between partitions press Enter to continue Destination drive details Volume Newsize Oldsize Change Part Description Label in Mb in Mb in Mb 16 DRIVE 800 Fat16 extended MY_DATA 200 NTFS extended NT_DRIVE 650 HPFS extended OS2DRIVE 400 Free 2055 Ghost User Manual 13 Step Four Proceed with disk clone Before starting to overwrite the destination disk GHOST displays the source and destination details and gives you a chance to back out The default is to back out Only selec
32. kstations to install For example GHOST reduces the time to install a typical 300 megabyte Win95 system from an hour with substantial operator input to about 5 minutes with no operator input required With multi access packages multiple workstations may be installed at the same time which further improves efficiency When cloning complete hard drives procedures such as FDISK and FORMAT are a thing of the past GHOST dynamically partitions and formats the target disk on the fly allowing FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS partitions to be expanded or contracted to fit the target GHOST is designed to be run under DOS and can be run from a DOS boot diskette Although DOS based it can handle Win95 WinNT long file names NTFS partitions OS 2 extended attributes and even OS 2 boot manager partitions GHOST has two modes of operation a simple robust menu driven user interface and to further aid automating the installation process a batch mode Prior to Win95 there was little need for a utility like GHOST as systems could be installed by simply using the DOS XCOPY command Win95 introduced long file names XCOPY could no longer do the job hence the need for a utility like GHOST Not only is GHOST the fastest way to install Win95 WinNT and OS 2 it has another handy use it can make complete backups of disks even copying in use system files which are missed by other backup utilities Making GHOST a perfect choice for disaster recovery
33. ng onto a JAZ Drive and wish to restore a 3 0 Gigabyte drive from just JAZ disks just hit enter to continue in JAZ disks If you wish to restore from different forms of media selecting Filename Gives you the option to restore from a different location Caution you need to know where you saved your segments of the span Also you must know each file name each span segment is When the disk image load is complete the target PC will need to be rebooted as after a change made by FDISK By default GHOST prompts with Press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot Ghost User Manual 23 Check disk integrity This consists of two steps as follows 1 Select local source drive 2 Proceed with integrity check Step 1 Select local source drive Select local source drive Size in Primary Sectors Drive Megabytes Partitions Cylinders Heads _ per Track 128 128 GHOST will display the details of every disk it can find on the local PC and allow you to select the disk you wish to check Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Copyright 1997 Binary Research 24 Ghost User Manual Step 2 Proceed with integrity check Before starting to check the integrity of the selected drive GHOST gives you a chance to back out The default is to proceed The result of the integrity check is printed at the bottom of the screen and the user is returned to the DOS prompt Progress Indicator 0 Per
34. ogress with information as shown Progress Indicator 0 25 Percent complete 20 Speed Mb min 25 Mb copied 50 Mb remaining 250 Time elapsed 2 00 Time remaining 10 00 Connection type Local Server Source G IMAGES WIN95 IMG Destination Local drive 2 3063 Mb Current partition 1 Fat16 C_DRIVE Current file WINDOWSI DIALER INI When the disk image load is complete the target PC will need to be rebooted as after a change made by FDISK By default GHOST prompts with Press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot Ghost User Manual 19 Spanning an Image across multiple volumes Overview GHOST allows a disk or partition image to be split across multiple volumes This is necessary where the image file would be too large to fit into a single destination file The image is composed of two or more files called which are copied onto separate volumes The only constraint on the selection of the destination volume is that it must not be part of the source selection e g it can not be on a source disk or partition if that disk or partition is being included in the image This is particularly useful for dumping disks or partitions with large amounts of data onto removable media such as JAZ or ZIP drives Operation When performing a disk to image file dump or a partition to image file dump If the destination drive does not have sufficient free space to accommodate the image the user is first informed that there is not enough
35. orrect disk drivers may not be present Win95 tends to be more forgiving than OS 2 and WinNT Can the disk image be compressed The disk images for FAT Win 3 x VFAT Win95 and NTFS WinNT only include the data for directories and files For other partition types the partition is treated like a black box and all sectors are copied Will it work on systems with multiple Operating Systems loaded Yes subject to any limitations on the operating systems E g for Linux and SCO UNIX the target disk must be identical to the source disk Does GHOST support the beta Win9x with its FAT32 tables Yes Does it work over TCP IP What network protocols do work For general usage all that is required by GHOST in Local Server mode is that the server drive s are visible E g if the server drive was G then the workstation would need to connect to the server with the appropriate network software so that the workstation could access the G drive In this way GHOST is independent of the underlying network protocol In the less common peer to peer connection situation via NetBIOS then NetBIOS must be supported by the network protocol Most protocols do support NetBIOS e g TCP IP IPX SPX Ghost User Manual 49 Does GHOST work with NTFS How about HPFS As of revision 3 0 GHOST works fully with NTFS i e partitions are copied on a data basis and can be resized in the same way as FAT partitions GHOST will currently work with HPFS but it
36. process see the following section on Using GHOST in batch files Note that practice the number of workstations that simultaneously download an image from a server depends on the speed of the Network and the speed of the Server A medium speed network server can generally handle five ten concurrent GHOST loads a high speed network server can handle 10 20 Copyright 1997 Binary Research 40 Ghost User Manual Using GHOST in Batch files GHOST has two modes of operation Interactive the default and Batch Batch is useful in repetitive situations especially when a large number of workstations need to be loaded Most of the GHOST switches are to allow GHOST to run in batch mode They specify such parameters as the source disk partition or image file the target disk partition or image file the type of connection Local Server NetBIOS or LPT port and whether to wait for user confirmation before starting See Switches for a detailed explanation of batch switches Some common examples of using GHOST in batch mode To load the disk image file SAVEDSK IMG held on the server drive E onto drive one of the local PC Do not prompt if OK to proceed ghost clone mode load src E SAVEDSK IMG dst 1 sure This example is typical of those that would be in a batch file to automate installation of workstations from a network server To copy drive one to drive two on a PC without final prompt ghost clone mode copy src 1 dst
37. right 1997 Binary Research 44 Ghost User Manual A few examples will help illustrate To copy drive one to drive two on a PC without final prompt Ghost clone mode copy src 1 dst 2 sure To connect via NetBIOS to another PC running GHOST in slave mode and dump a disk image of local drive two to the remote file C DRIVE2 IMG Ghost nbm clone mode dump src 2 dst C DRIVE2 IMG To copy drive one second partition on a PC to drive two first partition on the same PC without final prompt ghost clone mode pcopy src 1 2 dst 2 1 sure To load the disk image file SAVEDSK IMG held on the server drive E onto drive one of the local PC Do not prompt if OK to proceed ghost clone mode load src E SAVEDSK IMG dst 1 sure This example is typical of those that would be in a batch file to automate installation of workstations from a network server To load partition 2 from an image file onto the second partition of the local disk Ghost clone mode pload src g imgs part2 img 2 dst 1 2 To load a disk from an image file and resize the destination partitions into a 60 40 allocation Ghost __ clone mode load src g imgs 2prtdisk img dst 2 sze1 60P sze2 40P To clone a three partition disk and keep the first partition on the destination drive the same size as on the source disk but divide up the remaining space between the other partitions leaving no unallocated space Ghost clone mode copy src 1 dst 2 sze1 F sze2 V sze3 V D
38. t Yes if you are really sure the target drive will be completely overwritten with recovering any data Once the copy has started GHOST keeps updating the Progress Indicator with information as shown Progress Indicator 0 25 Percent complete 20 Speed Mb min 25 Mb copied 50 Mb remaining 250 Time elapsed 2 00 Time remaining 10 00 Connection type Local Server Source Local drive 1 2055 Mb Destination Local drive 2 3063 Mb Current partition 1 Fat16 C_DRIVE Current file WINDOWSI DIALER INI When the disk copy is complete the target PC will need to be rebooted as after a change made by FDISK By default GHOST prompts with Press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot Copyright 1997 Binary Research 14 Ghost User Manual Dump disk to image file This consists of three steps as follows 1 Select source drive 2 Enter file name to dump disk image to 3 Proceed with disk copy Step 1 Select source drive Select local source drive Size in Primary Sectors Drive Megabytes Partitions Cylinders Heads _ per Track 128 128 GHOST will display the details of every disk it can find on the local PC and allow you to select the disk you wish to copy from Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Step 2 Enter file name to dump disk image to Enter name to dump disk image to G IMAGES WIN95 IMG Enter the full path name of the disk image file
39. t start load network drivers net view Display list of machines net view Display list of shared resources belonging to machine net use F Connect F to the shared path client on machine rat net use d F To disconnect the shared drive F net stop work Unload network drivers net stop Copyright 1997 Binary Research 38 Ghost User Manual Cloning Windows NT GHOST supports NTFS and allows NTFS partitions to be expanded and contracted the same approach GHOST does with FAT partitions NTFS image files are also supported and no longer contain superfluous data Note Unlike Win95 where GHOST can run in a DOS window on the source workstation under WinNT the source PC must be booted under DOS Avoiding problems with the SID Security Identifier Cloning WinNT is similar to cloning Window s 95 but there is a problem with the WinNT network Security Identifier or SID Cloning a WinNT workstation disk can produce another workstation with a duplicate SID something the NT Server will object to Happily there is a way to get around this problem The solution relies on the way the WinNT workstation and the WinNT server assign the workstation a SID It is not until the workstation first connects to the NT Server that the SID is assigned Up to that point it is in a waiting to be assigned state Therefore the source NT workstation must be cloned copied to a disk image file or to a destination disk before the NT workstation makes i
40. ting the Progress Indicator with information as shown Progress Indicator 0 25 Percent complete 20 Speed Mb min 25 Mb copied 50 Mb remaining 250 Time elapsed 2 00 Time remaining 10 00 Connection type Local Server Source Partition Type 6 Fat16_extd 800 Mb 356 Mb used MY_DATA from Local drive 1 2055 Mb Target Partition Type 6 Fat16_extd 540 Mb 24 Mb used OLD_DATA from Local drive 2 3063 Mb Current file WINDOWSI DIALER INI When the partition copy is complete the target PC will need to be rebooted as after a change made by FDISK By default GHOST prompts with Press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot Copyright 1997 Binary Research 30 Ghost User Manual Dump partition s to image file This consists of four steps as follows 1 Select source drive 2 Select source partition s 3 Enter file name to dump disk image to 4 Proceed with disk copy Step 1 Select local source drive Select local source drive Size in Primary Sectors Drive Megabytes Partitions Cylinders Heads Track 128 128 GHOST will display the details of every disk it can find on the local PC and allow you to select the disk you wish to copy from Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Step 2 Select source partition s Select source partition s from drive 1 Volume Size Data Select Part Description Label in Mb Mb Y N 1 06 16 C_DRIVE 800 356 06
41. tition These are SWAPPER DAT WIN386 SWP SPART PAR PAGEFILE SYS 386SPART PAR Excluding these files soeeds the copy and reduces the size of the disk image files Does GHOST transfer data from one computer to another like Laplink or Fastlynx Yes GHOST is capable of data transfer via the printer ports Typical data transfer speed is 5 6 megabytes minute How does GHOST load an image back to the hard drive without first formatting the hard drive To save time GHOST formats on the fly When an image from a 200 Megabyte hard drive to a 1 gigabyte hard drive what about the rest of the 800 megabyte free space It gets formatted and is made part of the partition The free space is available for use immediately How fast does GHOST work This depends on what GHOST is doing and the speed of the system For a disk to disk copy speeds range from 20 megs minute to 100 megs minute For a Network copy speeds range from 10 megs minute to 70 megs min Ghost User Manual 51 Ordering U S A and Canada INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE 5225 North Ironwood Road Milwaukee WI 53217 4909 Phone 414 964 2200 Toll free 1 800 817 5119 U S A Fax 414 964 2201 Email sales ghostsoft com WWW http www ghostsoft com Great Britain INGRAM MICRO Phone 0181 905 6969 Fax 0181 951 1012 Email mike ingram micro co uk Other International Distributors are available Please visit our web site at http www
42. ts first official NT connection to the NT Server The sequence of actions is e Install the WinNT operating system from the NT installation CDROM Before the NT workstation connects to the NT Server boot it under DOS and connect to the server See Connecting a workstation to a Server under DOS e Make a disk image file of the source template NT Workstation e Boot the target workstations under DOS connect to the Server e Load the disk image file on to the target see Cloning Multiple Workstations if you wish to do more than one at a time e When the disk load has finished reboot the workstation under WinNT and when it first connects to the NT Server it s SID will be created Ghost User Manual 39 Cloning Multiple Workstations To clone multiple workstations as the same time you must have a multi user version of GHOST The evaluation copy which is downloadable from http www ghostsoft com and the single user version will NOt allow cloning multiple workstations See Ordering if you need to upgrade to the multi user version To clone multiple workstations at the same time Make a disk image file of the system you wish to clone and save on a server drive Boot the target workstations under DOS and connect to the server See Connecting a workstation to a Server under DOS Use the Local Server gt Load disk from image file option to load all target PC s from the same image file To further automate the
43. tten Choose CAREFULLY Ghost User Manual 17 Step 3 Confirm Destination drive details If loading from a disk image file or doing a disk to disk copy GHOST will display a suggested partition layout for the target disk By default GHOST will allocate any extra space that the new disk has to the first FAT or NTFS partition that it discovers Important You can change the size of any target FAT or NTFS partition at this stage simply by entering the new size in megabytes Use up and down arrow to move between fields GHOST will not allow you to enter a value which exceeds the available space or which is not large enough to contain the data held in the source partition When you are satisfied with the allocation of space between partitions press Enter Destination drive details Volume Newsize Oldsize Change Part Description Label in Mb in Mb in Mb 16 DRIVE 800 Fat16 extended MY_DATA 200 NTFS extended NT_DRIVE 650 HPFS extended OS2DRIVE 400 Free 2055 Copyright 1997 Binary Research 18 Ghost User Manual Step 4 Proceed with disk load Before starting to overwrite the destination disk GHOST displays the source and destination details and gives you a chance to back out The default is to back out Only select Yes if you are really sure the target drive will be completely overwritten with recovering any data Once the copy has started GHOST keeps updating the Pr
44. ves Step 2 Select source partition from image file Select source partition from image file Volume Size Data Part Description Label inMb In Mb 1 06 Fat16 extended OLD_DATA 520 24 2 07 NTFS extended DRIVE 650 415 Total 1170 439 GHOST will display the details of the partitions it can find in the image file and allow you to select the partition you wish to copy from Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Copyright 1997 Binary Research 34 Ghost User Manual Step 3 Select destination drive Select local destination drive Size in Primary Sectors Drive Megabytes Partitions Cylinders Per Track 128 128 GHOST will display the details of every disk it can find on the local PC and allow you to select the disk you wish to copy the partition to Use the up and down arrows to move the highlight bar Press Enter to select Step 4 Select destination partition Select destination partition from drive 2 Volume Size Data Part Description Label inMb in Mb 16 C_DRIVE 500 230 Fat16 extended OLD DATA 540 24 NTFS extended NT_DRIVE 1024 415 Free 994 Total 3063 1208 GHOST will display the details of all the partitions it can find on the selected destination drive and allow you to select the partitions you wish to write the image file partition to Important This is the partition that is going to be overwritten Choose CAREFULLY Ghost
45. via a converted Ethernet network cable Both computers must be running the minimum network software for a NetBIOS connection See below for details Select Master and Slave computers as per the decision table on previous page GHOST will automatically connect the two computers generally in about 30 seconds It may be useful to have a special boot diskette which loads just the network software needed by GHOST for the NetBIOS connect E g for an NE2000 network card the following files would be required Your drivers and protocols might vary this is only an example LSL COM NE2000 INS NE2000 COM IPXODI COM NET CFG NETBIOS EXE A batch file such as the following NETLOAD BAT could be called from the AUTOEXEC BAT file CALL NETLOAD BAT NETLOAD BAT could contain the following files LHLSL LH NE2000 LH IPXODI LH NETBIOS This will load the network drivers needed for the GHOST NetBIOS calls Again both machines will need a Network card along with an Ethernet cable and the necessary network drivers NetBIOS is available from www novell com or local BBS If you are on a Netware network most likely you will have the NetBIOS interface on the server NETBIOS com or NETBIOS exe Ghost User Manual 9 Selecting Transfer Option Transfer Option Clone disk to disk Dump disk image to file Load disk from image file Check disk integrity Check image file integrity Clone partition to partition Dump partition
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