[ghost] Getting ghostcast working under native WDS

[mrbios]

Currently im going through this: How to build a Windows PE [Vista] CD/DVD that contains Ghost32.exe and then join a client machine to a Ghost Cast Server session to create or restore an image file.

 

I'm at the stage where it's telling me to add vista (or windows 7 presumably) drivers, do i just use any random driver and hope for the best? or is there something i should be using? they don't explain themselves very well!

[Tim_S]

The network driver for the computer you're going to be sticking the image on.

 

T

[mrbios]

The network driver for the computer you're going to be sticking the image on.

 

T

 

Is there a PXE Packet driver like ghost used to use that worked on everything? theres loads of different kinds of PCs we'll want to be using it with

[Tim_S]

Ah ok, not sure on that as haven't used the pxe drivers for ghost, only standard drivers.

[mac_shinobi]

Ah ok, not sure on that as haven't used the pxe drivers for ghost, only standard drivers.

 

I thought it was the NDIS2 driver or something along those lines.

[mrbios]

Ended up downloading the standard realtek drivers and even on a board with a different chip version (tested on purpose) it still works!

 

Now have 3 boot options when F12 is pushed:

Capture

Discover

Ghostcast

 

Capture and discover for windows 7 deployment and ghostcast for deploying all our current XP images until we move to windows 7 in the summer

 

Now i have one vital question though....how do i make this passworded? at the moment if i left network boot on and a kid restarted a PC they could easily go straight through the nice unattended windows 7 install without any authentication at all! (F12, enter, enter.... next thing they know there loading in to a windows 7 desktop )

[plexer]

You need the vista netword card drivers for every pc you are going to use it on.

 

As it's booting windows pe based on vista and then loading 32 bit ghost.

 

Ben