RE: OT - Bootable CD-ROM

["Daniel James" <UKHA@xxxxxxx>]

If you want any further help let me know - I am sad but I like DOS :-)

Dos is one thing I learnt years ago and have always found it incredibly
useful ever since. :-)

If you want a hand making this a bit more specific for you let me know and
I'll look at it with you.

Daniel


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 August 2001 22:57
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT - Bootable CD-ROM


Blimey, nothing like be gentle with me!

I knew you lot would baffle me!

Thanks though Daniel, give me a while to try and work out what the script
is
doing!

B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel James [mailto:UKHA@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 August 2001 22:48
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT - Bootable CD-ROM


Finally - something I may be able to help with :-)

The following autoexec file is one I have used in the past to autobuild
build PCs from, I have run it from a floppy, but it shouldn't take much
alteration to make it boot from a cd.

hope this helps, if you want more info / help mail me off list.

Regards

Daniel
----------------------------------------
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
PATH=A:\;A:\DOS;

if "%CONFIG%"=="BUILD" GOTO DOBUILD
if "%CONFIG%"=="DOREC" GOTO DOREC
if "%CONFIG%"=="DOS" GOTO DOSONLY

:DOBUILD
A:\DRIVERS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:CD1 /L:Z
a:\dos\smartdrv.exe
if exist z:\image.gho goto doit

goto notfound

:doit
cls
echo ********************   WARNING    *******************
Echo This process will wipe ALL the data on your hard disk
echo Make sure that any data you wanted to keep is backed up.
echo press Ctrl-C now if you wish to abort.
echo *****************************************************
pause
echo OK...
echo Please wait....
ghost -clone,mode=load,src=z:\image.gho,dst=1,sze1=2048M,sze2=1024M,sze3=V
-
fx -batch

cls
Echo The image has been loaded
echo Now remove the floppy diskette and CD drive and reboot.
goto end


:DOREC
ghost -clone,mode=pdump,src=1:1,dst=e:\recovery.gho -z3 -fx -sure -batch
Echo Recovery image created.
Echo Don't forget to remove the diskette.
goto end

:DOSONLY
A:\DRIVERS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:CD1 /L:Z
a:\dos\smartdrv.exe
goto end

:notfound
Echo Could not find z:\image.gho - Check CD.
goto end

:end


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 August 2001 20:55
To: UKHA Group
Subject: [ukha_d] OT - Bootable CD-ROM


Hi all,

Hope no one minds this, I am trying to make a bootable CD, it will be used
on our new training/testing PC's.

After every course run I re-ghost an operating system onto the 6 training
PC's and every Monday I have to ensure I have W98SE installed for Vue
testing, at least till Vue get their act together and allow us to use W2K.

What I have got so far is basically boot disk files, ghost.exe and the
ghost
image all burnt onto the CD and it will always be put into the D drive.

I just want the autoexec.bat file to launch ghost.exe and the user (me)
will
start the operation so as not to accidentally leave the CD in a pc when
booting it and blowing a good image away, like you do.

I do not think it is too difficult but I am having problems as my bin is
getting full of dead CD's, what would also be good is if I could use
CD-RW's
but not all PC can read them, unless I can put the required drivers onto
the
CD as well?

Hope someone can help,

Thanks for your patience.

B.




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