Ghost32 And Pe

[DaGbyte]

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

[ShrimpBoy]

Hi!

Ghost is as easy as it need in command line mode...

First to use PLOAD (Partition from...) the drive must be partitioned before the ghost command...

this command line will install the first partition in the image q:\image.gho to the drive 1 partition 2

ghost32.exe -clone,mode=pload,src=q:\image.gho:1,dst=1:2 -sure

TIPS: You can use DISKPART, found in the ressource kit of Windows 2000, to partition the drive without any reboot requiered...

Good Luck!

ShrimpyOne

[DaGbyte]

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

Thanx Shrimpy...

-DaG