Norton Ghost Help

[Afford-A-Tech]

hey guys, a client calls today. he purchased norton ghost to image is Linux home server that he uses for home automation. he figured out how to backup his server with norton ghost. But here is where he need help. he wants to be able to only use one dvd to restore his server. The dvd needs to automate the restore. it must contain the image and ghost software.

I am not sure how to go about this. As my company has its own imaging software that already does this. And the custoemr wishes to use the norton software he purchased.

also his ghost image is about 3.5 Gigs.

any ideals

 

[reesk92]

well i use the older dos based norton that needs the 98 boot disk if this one still uses dos you could in theory just figure out the dos commands and write out a autoexecfile for the diskl i used the same thing to stop me having to swap disks over and change directorys when i wanted ghost to start automatically also if he wants to automate backups have you sugested raid mirroring so he could just insert a blank drive and it would auto backup

 

[Afford-A-Tech]

well i use the older dos based norton that needs the 98 boot disk if this one still uses dos you could in theory just figure out the dos commands and write out a autoexecfile for the diskl i used the same thing to stop me having to swap disks over and change directorys when i wanted ghost to start automatically also if he wants to automate backups have you sugested raid mirroring so he could just insert a blank drive and it would auto backup

can you upload your boot files, id like to take a glance at them.
as far as automated backup. he will not need. as the home server will not change at all, once the server is setup to communicate with all his x10 modules he will never need to change it again. so that is why he was looking at just a recovery type disc.

 

[geekhelp4u]

at work we have it grab the boot off of the server. If for some reason it is down, we have the boot files on a USB then point it to the DVD.

I would go this route. Grub is a boot loader used by linux. another, older one is lilo. It gives you the boot menu and would allow you to select between booting different linux versions or windows.

 

[reesk92]

why os there something in particular you wanted because the bulk was a batch file that basically ran

cthe directory of the schools ghost file this could be changed for files on the floppy )
cd ghost
ghost

i didnt know the ghost commands that was just to save time nailing in comands

 

[Afford-A-Tech]

Well here is what i came up with so far.

here is the autoexec.bat

@ECHO OFF
XMSDSK.EXE 65536 Y: /t /y > NUL
XCOPY.EXE *.* Y: /E /S > NUL
set comspec=Y:\command.com
MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /D:MSCD002 /L:X
MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /D:MSCD001 /D:MSCD002 
MOUSE.COM
SMARTDRV.EXE
PATH=A:\;Y:\;X:\

IF "%config%"=="GHOST" GOTO GHOST
IF "%config%"=="REBOOT" GOTO REBOOT

:GHOST
Y:
cls
ECHO  X: CD DRIVE
ECHO  Y: RAM DRIVE
ECHO.
type LOGO.sys
Pause
ghost.exe -clone,mode=pload,src=X:\IMAGE\RESTORE.GHO:1,dst=1:1 -SURE -FRO -CRCIGNORE -FX
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to reboot now
ECHO or press CTRL+C/Break key and select Y key to terminate.
ECHO.
ECHO.
Pause
GOTO REBOOT

:REBOOT
Y:
Reboot

Here is LOGO.SYS

+--------------------------------------------+
|                                                              |
|                   Afford-A-Tech                        |
|         Computer Maintenance & Repair           |
|                                                              |
+--------------------------------------------+

Press any key to Start the Recovery Process now or 
press CTRL+C/Break key and select Y key to Quit.

and here is my Config.SYS

[menu]
menuitem=GHOST, Restore Your Computer
menuitem=REBOOT, Restart 
menudefault=GHOST,30
menucolor=7,0

[GHOST]
device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=gcdrom.sys /d:mscd000 /c0
device=gcdrom.sys /d:mscd001 /c1
device=gcdrom.sys /d:mscd002 /c2
device=aspi2dos.sys
device=aspi8dos.sys
device=aspi4dos.sys
device=aspi8u2.sys
;device=USBASPI.SYS 

[REBOOT]

[COMMON]
device=echo.sys Restore You Computer (C) Afford-A-Tech 2009
device=himem.sys /testmem:off
files=30
buffers=50
dos=high,umb
stacks=9,256
lastdrive=z

What do you guys think so far

 

[reesk92]

wow your gonna have to teach me that it looks awsome but whats the first 5 lines do in auto exec i havnt used those before

 

[Afford-A-Tech]

wow your gonna have to teach me that it looks awsome but whats the first 5 lines do in auto exec i havnt used those before

it sets the ram drive, cd rom letters and the @ECHO OFF line tells the batch file to not display the text

i just tested it out. doesnt work on a sata based system works ok on a ide based system. im gonna try using winpe ver 1.6 and have ti autorun ghost32 with the command switches from the autoexec.

this should take care of the sata and ide with one stone.

 

[layoric]

Ghost cast server

You're in luck, I was the technical support for a university for Ghost. Use GhostCast server. Install the client on the machine to be backed up. It contacts the server (ghost server). The Ghost server handles EVERYTHING, rebooting the machine when needed, you name it.

If that's not in the budget, you're on the right track with winpe/bartpe. Use the switches and a network share would be easiest, no dvds to mess with, except the one for bartepe/winpe!

Layoric

 

[Afford-A-Tech]

You're in luck, I was the technical support for a university for Ghost. Use GhostCast server. Install the client on the machine to be backed up. It contacts the server (ghost server). The Ghost server handles EVERYTHING, rebooting the machine when needed, you name it.

If that's not in the budget, you're on the right track with winpe/bartpe. Use the switches and a network share would be easiest, no dvds to mess with, except the one for bartepe/winpe!

Layoric

K thats good to know. Ill mention that to my client, incase he decides to use it for more then just a home automation server.

as the network share would be best.

 

[Afford-A-Tech]

does this switch look right. i want the dvd to hold both winpe with ghost and the image. also need it to restore to the primary hdd.

ghost32.exe -clone,mode=restore,src=X:\IMAGE\RESTORE.GHO:1,dst=1:1 -SURE -FRO -CRCIGNORE -FX

or better yet can you give me a example of a better way to launch ghost32 and have it auto restore the image.

 

[Afford-A-Tech]

Nvmd i got it working. If anynone need help with the same thing let me know.