DaGbyte

I'm using Ghost32 in Windows PE and need to preserve the label name on the image that is coming down. Any ideas? I cannot change the ghost image, but need the partition label name to stay the same, or allow mw to change it via Ghost. -DaG

That did the trick. And I always thought directions were the manufacturer's _suggested_ way of doing things Thanx Shrimpy... -DaG

Have an interesting problem... I have ghost32 (v 8 I beleive) and am trying to restore a partition from our parent company that is a GHO image. I got the paper from Symantec that detials the command line parms, but they don't seem tot work. I'm running this on PE 1.5 and am convinced the command lines parms are messed up. The problem is that we cannot change the Ghost image (PQI would be preferable) and must use Ghost32 to blast it to the workstation. We typically use PQIDeploy to do the resizing and all, but need to maintain the integrity of the partition after we re-size it (it's complicated, but stick with me). The problem is that when we use Ghost32, it blows away the WHOLE disk even tho we specify to load the image to the 1st partition (there's 2 - a 60/40 split). - Gost code: ghost -clone,mode=pload,src=y:\Image.gho:2,dst=1:1 The dst=1:2 doesn't do it right. It screws up the partition. If I do it from the GUI, and select the 1st partiton, it works fine. ANy suggestions? I have a call into our Symantec guy, but I was wonder if anyone has had the same kind of problem... -DaG

Answered my own question - Easy Boot. Only way to fly....

MS has a utility called TAP.EXE that reports of hardware installed on your machine. Anyone know where to get a copy of it? Google's not that helpful...

I concur. I have done it, but kept it to the same number of characters. I need it to be more informative tho.... ANy suggestions? Maybe an alternate boot method that still boots from the CD? -DaG

Has anyone had any success in making a bootable DVD that they can customize the splash screens on? I have been able to create a bootable DVD based on the win98 boot disk, and used the JO.SYS from Bart, but that's not what I am looking for, as I can't load PE from it. I'd like to be able to give a more verbose message than just "Press any key to boot from CD". ANy suggestions? -DaG

Did you add the optional components and run the batch file it creates? Read the docs, but just supplying the /wmi param is not enough. When you launch the VBS script, it creates files that need to be copied to your installation. PM me if you need further clarification. -DaG

You'll be happy to know I learned quite a bit about PE and drivers. Chatted with an MS guru and he gave me the 411. Seems the machine I was building the image on was the ONLY one that the default drivers didn't work on. I added an updated NIC driver and it worked just fine, but the video is still hosed. We have at least a dozen different flavors of IBM machines here and my build works perfectly on all the models EXCEPT the one I was testing on. Go figure.... Lesson learned? rebuild your PE images each time you test them. I copied my source files from CD to a local folder. I made a batch file called BuildImageI386 and BuildImageMinint to build my CD-ROM and USB hard drive versions. One more to make the ISO. They all work very nicely. Happy to share with any of those interested.... -DaG

I seem to have an issue with IBM M42's and M50's. I'm using PE 1.5 (XP SP2). I have created several boot disks (got tired of the CD-RW and now use a USB drive) and have yet to get the drivers properly installed. I have the drivers the machines need, and DRVINST reports it copies them in, but they don't seem to work. Can anyone shed some light on the correct process to add additional driver to a PE build? TIA, -DaG

OK... Don't everybody answer at once! Here's where being schizophrenic comes in handy... I've been able to create a workable ISO using Mr. Jones' help - http://tjb.xgameservers.com/WindowsPE.html - but ONLY when I mount it via VMware. If I burn the ISO and try to boot from it, no video mode changes, no network connectivity. What am I missing. Any ideas???

Now, I've been around the block a few times. I'm not an id***. Why, when I load PE to a hard disk I have NO problems, but when I load it from CD The video doesn't resize... the networking doesn't start... I'm kinda stumped. We got the PE CD from MS and it works like it should when I load it to a machine and setup the HD to boot right into it. I run the PE builder to make the CD and while it makes the CD and all that happy rat stuff, the networking fails and the screen display stays at 6x4 whne I've already specified 8x6. Thinking it may be a driver issue I even copied the PE files from the HD that I KNOW work directly to the CD and I still get no networking. I'd be happy to read, just point me in the right direction Thanx, -DaG