How to Create a Ghost Boot Disk That Maps to an IP Address

A Symantec Ghost boot disk lets you boot to a specific IP, which is your Windows login server. The computer boots on the network, so you can re-image a user's hard drive. Administrators use Ghost to keep hard drive images on a network drive, so you can format and image a hard drive on several computers at one time. You need a floppy or CD to create the boot disk you use before you re-image the computer.

Things You'll Need

• Blank floppy or CD

Instructions

1. Open the Ghost software from your Windows "Start" button and insert the blank floppy disk or CD disc. Click "Network Boot Disk" from the list of wizard options.

2. Click "Next." A list of network card drivers is displayed. Choose the manufacturer and model of your own network card and click "Next."

3. Click "MS-DOS" as the boot operating system. Ghost works in MS-DOS to boot to the network and connect to your login and image server. Click "Next." In the next Window, Ghost automatically determines the location of the Ghost executable. Review the directory displayed and click "Next."

4. Click the "The IP will be statically defined" option in the next window. This is the window where you specify the IP address of the network server. Type the IP information in the text box shown and click "Next."

5. Select a drive that contains your blank disk or CD. Click "Quick Format" and click "Next" to create the boot disk.

References

• University of Washington: How to Create a Ghost 8.0 Network Boot CD