Hi all, A question related to Symantec Ghost 7.0 , Could someone tell me how to create a boot disk i mean which option i chose to create an image of a OS with service packs and other softwares and store it on one location and then copy it over to a target machine.. How to go abt ? Thanks and regards, Vijaya On Wednesday 08 October 2003 02:52 pm, Pieter Donche wrote: > Hi, > > I found your web page about Dual booting Linux and Windows XP and have > used it, along with the BOOTPART tool from www.image.com/bootpart.htm > mentioned in your web page. > > I have a DELL Optiplex GX270, with 40 Gb disk, partitioned in > - 20 Gb NTFS for WinXP > - 20 Gb Extended partition containing > RedHat9 linux /boot, /, and swap partition. > > The dual-boot system was set up in this way. > > The WinXP partition is the active one. I use the Windows XP Boot manager > to offer Windows XP and Linux. (I used the BOOTPART tool from > www.image.com/bootpart.htm to add a Linux option) > > Choosing Linux starts the Linux GRUB boot-loader installed in the /boot > partition. It offers Linux and WindowsXP. > (WindowsXP in the GRUB is not exactly necessary, but it can be useful > to be able to go back quickly to WindowsXP, if by error you selected > Linux from the WIndows Boot Manager, then you don't need to go through > the process of a full shutdown/reboot) > > This works fine. > > Now I want to clone that using Symantec Ghost > > I can make a GHOST image of that first PC via Symantec Ghost 7.0 console > and copy it onto another 100% identical DELL Optiplex GX270. > > But the cloned system has problems. > I describe what I have to do for the moment to make the cloned system > fully dual-boot functional ... > > On the cloned system: > > 1. The WindowsXP boot-loader is available, one can start WindowsXP, > but selecting the Linux option gives > > Bootpart 2.50 Bootsector (c) 1993-2002 Gillis Vollant > http://www/winimage.com/bootpart.htm > Loading new partition > Bootsector from C.H. Hochstatter > Cannot load from hardisk > Insert Systemdisk and press any key > > I can workarround that by first starting in Windows XP, using the bootpart > tool once more (thus creating a second 'Linux' entry in C:\BOOT.INI, and > immediatly afterwards removing that entry again, through editing in Start > / ControlPanel / Advanded / StartUp-and-Recovery-Settings / Edit the > startup options file manually. > > The next time I choose Linux, it now gets a bit further: it starts GRUB, > but GRUB ... reports a problem (don't have the exact message right now) > > 2. I can solve this problem by booting the PC from the 1st Linux CD, > in rescue mode: > boot: linux rescue > and then reinstalling GRUB > # grub-install /dev/hda5 > (/dev/hda5 is my linux /boot partition) > > Now both boot-loaders work fully. > > > But if I want to clone my PC for a PC-class room for 60 PCs, and all this > manual intervention for 60 PCs is quite lengthy. Also it prevents me from > automatically restoring the image every night... > > For the first manual intervention (doing BOOTPART again) it *might* be > possible to automate via Symantec Ghost. > > But the second intervention, I don't see how to automate this. > > I have the impression the boot-sector in my linux /boot is 'broken' after > cloning. > > Has anyone a solution, hint or tip to solve this ? > > Thanks in advance for any help > > Pieter > > > _______________ > / Pieter Donche \____________________________________________ > > | ITC Manager e-mail Pieter.Donche@xxxxxxxx \ > | Dept. Mathem. & Computer Science, University of Antwerp | > | (UA) Middelheimlaan 1, B 2020 Antwerpen, BELGIUM (EU) | > | room G1.16, tel +32 03.218.0870, fax +32 03.218.0777 | > | after 16.9.2003: tel +32 03.265.3870, fax +32 03.265.3777 | > | > |____________________________________________________________| -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
