Hi Matt, I wasn't able to use the default ghost tools to create a boot image that worked with PXELinux. I'm not saying it can't be done, but I'm unaware of how to do it. I took a different approach:
I used the ghost tools to create a set of floppy disk images (2 disks) that would use the pxe network stack (thus being NIC agnostic). I then used a windows boot disk tool (name I can't remember, but it's a readily available try-before-you-buy type) to master those two floppy disks into a .img file. I then use the memdisk kernel to load the floppy disk image which functions as a ghost client. I had to set an option in one of the ini files for the client to work in my environment (any env?) with multicast, and I didn't include all of the tools that ghost does their floppies... If you need more specific info, let me know. I could likely even just give you the floppy disk image and save you the trouble (at least until you go to solution suite 2). Hope that helps. -Ben On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 12:08:49PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +> This question isn't specifically about unattended, but I figure the people +> on this list have similar knowledge, so I'll ask: +> +> I am happily using unattended 4.3 with the linux boot via PXE. My DHCP +> server is Windows. My TFTP server is Windows. My File server (where +> unattended is located) is Windows. As you can tell, I'm fluent with +> windows, but not so much with linux. +> +> I'm using PXELinux as the bootloader, because it supports a nice menu +> system for choosing to boot other utilities or disk images via memdisk. +> +> Symantec GHOST has some sort of Boot Image creator. When I run it, and +> choose all my options, it creates a boot image for me, but it creates it +> with a .SYS extension. +> +> Does anyone know what the heck I'm supposed to do with this file? GHOST is +> remarkably unclear, because it expects me to know about my PXE +> configuration. +> +> Am I supposed to put it in my default configuration file? When I try, it +> doesn't boot. It just locks up. +> +> LABEL ghost +> MENU LABEL ^GHOST +> KERNEL unattended/memdisk +> APPEND initrd=tools/ghost.sys keeppxe +> +> It doesn't really look like a disk image, because it's over 2MB in size. +> Can anyone tell me if I'm on the right track? +> +> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express +> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take +> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. +> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ +> _______________________________________________ +> unattended-info mailing list +> [email protected] +> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info -- Ben Walton Systems Programmer Office of Planning & IT Faculty of Arts & Science University of Toronto Cell: 416.407.5610 GPG Key Id: 8E89F6D2; Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu Contact me to arrange for a CAcert assurance meeting. Please Note: This e-mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any dissemination, disclosure, printing, publishing or use of this email or the information contained herein without written authorization of the sender is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete. Thank you.
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