X330 and Symantec Ghost 7.0 Freezing 1

[Rock2447]

Does anyone have a problem with Symantec Ghost 7.0 freezing when you try to Multicast an image to a multicast server?

 

[neilcresswell]

Need more info here please, are you creating an image from the x330 to the multicast server. Is the x330 Raid ???
Have you tried a standard network bootdisk ???

N

 

[Rock2447]

The Server is setup in a RAID 1 Configuration and we try to boot it off a boot disk with the ServRAID drivers loaded and when we enter multicast and type in the session name it allows you to select the drive to image and then it freezes when you press ok. If you watch it with a continueous ping the NIC stops responding when you press ok.

 

[Adie33]

I had this problem with our X330's, and found the problem to be caused by a memory conflict. You need to add the following parameter to your EMM386 entry in the CONFIG.SYS on your PXE Boot Image or Boot Disk:

DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=B000-B7FF

This should stop the freezing which occures in Ghost before the disk/partition select screen.

 

[Rock2447]

Adie33 could you put your full config.sys on this page I am getting an error from EMM386.EXE. Where did you get the EMM386.exe file to make your boot disk or how did you make the bootdisk all together??????

 

[Rock2447]

I played around a little longer and got my Emm386 to work but now when it trys to load ghost i get "Load Error: no DPMI memory"

here is what my config.sys looks like and my autoexec.bat

"config.sys"

DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=B000-B7FF
DEVICE=\net\pcidet.dos
DEVICE=\net\protman.dos /I:\net
DEVICE=\net\dis_pkt.dos

"autoexec.bat"

@echo off
prompt $p$g
\net\netbind.com
MOUSE.COM
cd \ghost
echo Loading...
GHOST.EXE

 

[Adie33]

Here's my config.sys and autoexc.bat. I didn't mention this before, but the boot disk i use is a Wndows 98 one, not a DOS 6.22, so HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE are also Windows 98 versions. If your boot disk is MS-DOS 6.x based, it might worth trying a Windows 98 version to utilise the new EMM386 & HIMEM.SYS which may resolve the DPMI error.

Config.sys
----------
DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=B000-B7FF
device=\net\ifshlp.sys
lastdrive=z

Autoexec.bat
------------
@echo off
prompt $p$g
PATH A:\;A:\NET
a:\SMARTDRV.EXE
a:\net\Undipd.com 0x60
a:\MOUSE.COM
cd \Ghost
Ghost -ntil

 

[Rock2447]

I tried that now I get a "There is insufficient XMS memory to load SMARTDrive" and I still get the DPMI error. Is it possible you can email me an image of your boot disk?????

 

[Adie33]

It's not actually a boot disk I use, but a PXE Boot image (created with 3com Boot Services that comes with Ghost 7.5) - although I could cobble one together.

There's a couple of other things that might be causing the problem, though. How much memory have you got? Because I have been told there may be some memory issues if you have >2gb. If so, try taking out some memory so that it's 2gb or less. Also, are you using the latest BIOS updates (I know that there is also a BIOS problem when using 4gb RAM). My setup is with identical X330's, 2GB RAM all with latest BIOS updates. I am also using Ghost 7.5.

 

[Rock2447]

I'm using Ghost 7.5 but we have had problems with the PXE boot. Are you talking a PXE boot partition or something else? We also have 4GB of RAM in each server.

 

[Adie33]

The PXE Image I created was done using the 3com Boot Image Editor. And I then just added the additional files I needed to the image. So essentially it's the same as a Boot Disk but larger (6g).

I would however, be tempted to try your Boot Disk with 2gb in the server, rather than 4gb (even though it's a pain!!).

 

[Rock2447]

How much RAM do you have in your server? Does that 3Com PXE boot work with Intel NICs??