From: Jerry Walsh (jerry at domain aardvark.ie)
Date: Tue 19 Jun 2001 - 11:51:51 IST
Ghost shouldn't be dealing with "files" at all - it copies
a raw disk image not individual files.
if it's an image you're creating you can do it from windows
or dos it doesn't matter aslong as you're not saving the image
onto the partition you're creating the image from.
Jerry.
At 11:44 19/06/01 +0100, Gary Pigott wrote:
>Ghost can't image open files. You'll need to do it from a DOS bootdisk.
>Ghost has a boot disk wizard that includes some popular NIC drivers.
>
>Gary
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Keith Clancy" <Keith.Clancy at domain Berlitz.ie>
>To: "'James McBoyle - Sun Ireland - Solaris SW - Development Engineer'"
><James.McBoyle at domain Sun.COM>; <ilug at domain linux.ie>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:06 AM
>Subject: RE: [ILUG] networking a laptop
>
>
> > Get some Cross-Over cable, this will provide a direct connection between
>the
> > 2 NIC's (hubs and switch's twist the centre pair) hence the name.
> >
> > Machine A
> > Ip Config
> > 192.168.1.1
> > 255.255.255.0
> >
> > Machine B
> > Ip Config
> > 192.168.1.2
> > 255.255.255.0
> >
> > Enable File and Printer Sharing, Make a Ghost image of the ME install or
> > whatever and wh00r it across to the second windows box.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ilug-admin at domain linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at domain linux.ie]On Behalf Of James
> > McBoyle - Sun Ireland - Solaris SW - Development Engineer
> > Sent: 19 June 2001 11:11
> > To: ilug at domain linux.ie
> > Subject: Re: [ILUG] networking a laptop
> >
> >
> > > OK, I have the beast on my desk, (Inspiron 4000 that is) and the
> > > first thing I want to do is backup the WinMe installation.
> > >
> > > I was hoping to just plug it NIC to NIC to a spare winNT machine
> > > and somehow establish communication but I haven't a clue how: I
> > > naievely thought just plugging them together would allow me to at
> > > least ping from one to the other.
> > >
> > > Any pointers about linking two MS machines like this?
> > >
> > > Alternatively, if I boot it on the RH 6.2 install CD, can I connect
> > > it to my main Linux machine NIC to NIC and copy stuff on and off
> > > that way?
> > >
> > The first places to look are probably the silly ones . . .
> > Firstly, are you using a cross-over cable, or just a length of normal
> > ethernet...
> > Next check the hosts file in c:\windows on both to see if they 'know'
>about
> > each other
> > Then work out if networking is actually set-up on both in such a way that
> > they are able to talk to each other...
> >
> > yeah, I know these are the obvious 'but of course I have' questions, but
> > I've tripped on these myself...
> >
> > Have Fun,
> > Jim.
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