Boot Disk for MS Server 2003 ?

Chaingang · #1 June 20th, 2007, 02:34 PM

I want to create a boot disk that will allow me to use Ghost to install an image stored on my server. So im looking at going to a Bad computer and placing a boot CD in it with my network drivers. Executing Ghost and being able to select the image I want to be installed on that drive.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated....

Archangel122184 · #2 June 20th, 2007, 02:49 PM

edit: sorry, misread your original.

What version of ghost?
Do you plan to use a shared directory or ghost cast?

Chaingang · #3 June 20th, 2007, 03:29 PM

I have an OEM version 7.0 of ghost. I was just going to execute the small file off the boot disk if possible. Then I was hoping if it could read the network it would show the drive with the image on it. I was also hoping I could create an image from the same ghost program and save it to the network.

Archangel122184 · #4 June 20th, 2007, 04:01 PM

Your best option is to create a DOS network boot disk specific to your network adapter, store the ghost.exe file on your server in the share where your image files are stored, and have your autoexec.bat file map a network drive to the network share where everything is stored and run ghost with the proper options in the batch file. There are a lot of utilities to burn a floppy boot disk to a cd using floppy emulation so that shouldn't be a problem either.