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[BOFH1]

Is there a Ghost forum?

I can't seem to find one and i could do with some info on how the corp edition is licensed.

 

[jeremybarker]

Why not start one up? I would subscribe. I just started using 8.0 corp and like the new features along with the additional NIC driver support. It's a great program. What type of licensing question do you have? From what I understand, once you purchase a license for a particular pc, you can ghost it as many times as you want. Unfortunatly, you have to re-licence all the 7.5 pcs when you move to 8.0
HTH

 

[BOFH1]

Well we were thinking about the full version with the Ghostcast server so we can remotly build our PC's, does this require a CAL for every PC?

Cheers.

 

[BOFH1]

In Ghost 8 documentation it mentions that you can load a DOS client onto a virtual drive without ever visiting a station.

Err how?
Does this require PXE network cards I would really like to know as this sounds fantastic.

This universal image looks interesting too, they say that one image will work on any machine. Anyone know about this?

http://www.ghosttraining.com/universal_image.html

Cheers.

 

[BOFH1]

Any idea Jeremy?

 

[jeremybarker]

Sorry bout the slow reply. Yes you'll need a different CAL for each pc. It sounds like you're trying to ghost a client without visiting it? This can all be done from the pc you have the server installed on. You'll want to look for NDIS drivers if the NIC you're using isn't included with ghost. With 7.5 I had to find a few drivers for various NIC's, but 8.0 has had all the drivers I've needed. Look for documentation on Ghost Console.

 

[BOFH1]

So i could send a ghost image to a PC accross the network with no OS on it as long as it's turned on?

Does this require a PXE network card?

If not can i connect to the server using a Ghost boot disk and copy the image accross?

We have 350 stations with about 10 different hardware platforms but most don't have CD drives so i need to be able to get the image from the network, just so you know what i'm trying to achive.


Thanks Jeremy.

 

[jeremybarker]

You would need a PXE NIC to send an image across the network with no OS installed on the client machine. There are a couple ways to do that RIS, or from the console. If not, you could create a boot disk that would boot the client into ghost and connect to the console. If the BIOS and NIC supports wake on lan, you can also push an image that way, though I haven't had any experience doing that. It sounds like everything you're wanting to do and more is possible.
To get back about the master image you mentioned previously, it would all depend on how much time you wanted to spend creating the master image. The little bit I've researched this in the past was done thru adding a Windows 2000 answer file, then creating an image of that.
HTH

 

[BOFH1]

Excellent i think i'll look into it as the network boot disk sounds just what i'm looking for.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[ReddLefty]

The RIS Server has it's limitations for the network cards. It will only work with PXE cards, meaning, your pretty much limited to 3Com 3C90x and Intel Pro 10/100/1000 and the odd SMC models. (check the MS site for an exact list) All new computers pretty much come with PXE support, but it's when you get the the older models that you may need get the boot PXE EPROM from the manufacturer.. since they don't make it anymore or they will not support it anymore, it's easier just replacing the card with a 3Com or Intel Pro. I'm speaking strickly from a RIS point of view. For Ghost and GhostCast, I can't say if a simple network boot disk will work.



"In space, nobody can hear you click..."

 

[BOFH1]

Sorry to rehash this.

I now have one copy of Ghost for testing, I am about to create a boot disk that maps to a network drive. I plan to run ghost.exe from here and create an image on my server, then I plan to use the same disk to connect to the server from other stations and use ghost.exe to copy the image to other machines.

I don't plan on using any of the local virtual partition features of ghost so in fact on most machines all I will be doing is connecting to the server with a boot disk and copying the image across, this is the last the machine will see of ghost unless I need to rebuild it again.
As I will only be using the boot disk on one machine at a time and leaving no other ghost features on the station can I get away with only having one licensed copy

Thanks.

 

[jeremybarker]

excerpt from

http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content/displaypdf.cfm?pdfid=115&EID=0

Here are a few points from Symantec about Ghost's license: Each machine that is cloned with Ghost needs a license
Once you've licensed a machine, you can clone it as many times as you want
If a PC is permanently decommissioned, you may reassign the license to another PC
HTH