GHO image to VMDK and see if this one will work. v2i image, but the virtual-machine it created gave me the blue-screen of death when trying to boot windows, must still be looking for some of the physical-machine hardware that no longer exists on the VM (but I thought that the converter is supposed to fix that.) I tried using the VM-standalone converter with a. (hopefully resuming contact with my existing clients)?įound Tech110251 Symantec article and made what appeared to be a successful automated backup 'cab' file (using f) but when I went to restore it (f) on the new computer, I received a DOS window whereby steps were being executed and stopped at a 'Windows Script Host' window stating 'MakeCab failed to build the output cabinet, backup not taken'.

What do I need to do to transfer over the original Console's database, etc. Installed GSS 2.5.1 successfully but the existing clients are not being recognized by this newer computer. A backup can be performed on the original (if necessary), it's just no longer broadcasting over the network. It's been taken off the network (but its' contents are still intact) and that same 'static IP' has been assigned to the newer PC.

The current existing 'Ghost Console' has a 'static IP'.

The existing clients had their 'Ghost Client' installed within an image we use for deployment and the 'Clone' flag was set. One of our several Ghost Consoles resides on a PC (XP sp3 32 bit) servicing over 200 PCs which we're trying to decommission and we'd like to transfer this consoles' contents (database, etc.) over onto a newer PC model (Windows Server 2008 R2 sp1 64bit). I'm part of IT Support on a college campus using licensed GSS 2.5.1 for up to 4,500 clients. Unfortunately, while I would like to use Windows PE, the PCs that this load will be used with cannot load Windows PE, and thus I would prefer to use DOS.Ĭan anyone point me in the right direction here as to where to even begin to troubleshoot this to get this working? Is there some workaround to being able to create a PC DOS CD with an image file attached? The image file being added is only 670 MB in size.Īdditionally, I confirmed that creating a USB Boot Drive using PC-DOS as the PreOS and including the image functions normally.Ĭreating ISO Images with Windows PE as the PreOS also works normally. The Temp directory on this server is on its largest partition (1.23 TB with 794 GB free), and permissions are normal.

I looked at the Tech Article 110486, but it does not seem to apply to the situation. Please check that the target is not read-only and that there is enough space on disk.' When clicking on Next on the Client Details window, I receive the error: 'An unexpected error has occurred. I am trying to create a Ghost Boot Disk ISO Image using PC-DOS as the PreOS and adding a GHO file to the ISO. I am using Ghost Solution Suite 2.5, program versions listed as 11., LiveUpdate states that Ghost is up to date.

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