[andy_c]

As previously mentioned by Abledon, when saving an image to CD or DVD, Ghost 2003 will automatically make the first disk bootable. My laptop doesn't have a DVD-ROM drive so I burned the first bootable image to a CD-ROM and the remainder to DVDs using an external firewire DVD writer. The bootable CD must of course include the necessary drivers to support any external device used to record/restore the image.
Just thought I'd pass on this snippet as this thread has been very useful to me

Andy

[bentleym]

ghostbootcd.741.com/index.html has steps for making a network boot CD that supports multiple NICs, have fun!

[bassetman]

Originally Posted by bentleym

ghostbootcd.741.com/index.html has steps for making a network boot CD that supports multiple NICs, have fun!

Welcome to TSG!

THanks for the tip.

[JohnWill]

Acronis True Image automagically creates a boot CD that handles a wide variety of network hardware, probably much more extensive than is possible with DOS drivers.

[gfei]

Okay...I've been reading up on these threads because the DMI on my laptop is shot and the recovery cd's doesn't work unless I stop by the service folk every 4 months - and I'm getting tired of doing that.

I have a Toshiba 1.1 Ghz, 512 ram, cdrw, and NO FDD, and am running XP Pro. I'm using Ghost 2003 (and can have access to Ghost 9 and 7.5).

I don't know how on earth you can get Ghost to AUTOMATICALLY create a bootable cd without having a floppy. The only steps that I've been able to grasp from the threads in regards to creating a bootable cd has been:

(1) create a bootable floppy disk with the Ghost boot information using
the wizard
(2) use nero or some other program to create a boot cd using the
information from the Ghost boot floppy
(3) use the same disk and burn the .gho image files

Am I missing something? How did you folks get create a boot disk automatically WITHOUT the floppy? I'm baffled. Must have missed a thread or something...can someone give CLEAR instructions?

Thanks.

[JohnWill]

Like I said, Acronis True Image creates a bootable CD in a flash! If you shop around, you can find it as a download for $30 or so.

I can't believe that GHOST 9 doesn't include bootable CD support, that would be pretty lame. I know that the earlier versions of GHOST wouldn't create a bootable CD, however I have not used GHOST 9. Once I discovered Acronis True Image, I stopped worrying about how GHOST works.

[gfei]

Right on! I did miss a message...duh...the last one. I've looked into Acronis and you are definately right, the trial version doesn't do all that much for you except for the basics. I guess that'll be good enough for me. Thanks!

[Jiggy_One]

Making the boot CD is easy for ghost when it only makes one boot floppy. What about Ghost 8.0 that makes a TWO boot network floppy set? I tried to make one cd and to make two cd's but it just wont work. So I went back to ghost 7.5 and make the cd from that boot disk. It works a little slower than 8.0 but atleast it will work.

Brian

[Padawan]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

You need to use the first disk of the set to make the CD bootable, then burn the GHOST.EXE program to the ISO portion of the CD. You'll need to edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files to have CD support after the CD boots, then you can access the rest of the CD. I haven't done this with GHOST, but I've created several MS-DOS bootable CD's with lots of stuff on the ISO file-system that is accessable after I boot the CD.

What did you add to your autoexec.bat files and config.sys files to make it so that you can view the ghost folder? I am currently having the problem with 2 boot disk and using Nero to create 1 boot CD. I am able to create the first boot disk and then I add the ghost.exe file to the disk along with the image of the first boot disk and I am confused as to why I can't see the ghost folder when I am in PC DOS trying to launch Ghost when I know it is there because I can see it in Windows.

If it is possible to edit the autoexec and config files can you tell me what needs to be added to them?

Thanks!

[JohnWill]

You just need to put in the drivers for the CD.

If you start with a bootable floppy with CD support, AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS will be all set. Use Nero, or any other burning application and use that floppy as the source for the bootable CD. You'll also be able to add a full CD worth of stuff to the ISO file system on the CD and access it after you boot.

[Padawan]

Thanks for your help. I'll try putting the drivers and everything in there.

[Padawan]

Hey it worked. Thanks so much for your help. I really appreciate it.

[Lazerath]

Hi Guys, I found some good info on this topic on the web, Unfortunately I cant post the entire link as Techguy url filter wont allow it but try this site

I found this very useful guys....

help.ischool.washington.edu

[bassetman]

Originally Posted by Lazerath

Hi Guys, I found some good info on this topic on the web, Unfortunately I cant post the entire link as Techguy url filter wont allow it but try this site

I found this very useful guys....

help.ischool.washington.edu

I have no idea what you are talking about!?

You can post any URL, only the illegal and SPAM ones will be deleted!

[JohnWill]

I think it's because it's his very first post, links are limited until you get some posts under your belt.