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balder 
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2011,05:38 |
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@ghost168
Done some experiments with Ghost images 
1. Started setup of Win7 from USB using tutorial in post nr;2 (which as expected, works excellent)
2. During first reboot (after copying of files etcetera is finished) I launched Ghost and created image of partition-1 (with the 'frozen' setup-files from Win7-setup).
Note1: I chose USB stick to hold ghost image-file.
Note2: This image is created from an odd Bare-bone computer
3. I moved USB-stick with ghost including created ghost-image to my stationary computer with different hard-disk and different motherboard (everything is different in this computer including graphic-card etcetera).
4. I run 'ghost' to the stationary computer and used created image from Bare-Bone computer.
Note: I use a simple 'standard' ghost floppy image including ghost_v11.exe (no 'swap-command')
5. And the result is................. Excellent 
Basically this way of 'install' win7 - including any version (32-bit, 64-bit etcetera) or Vista (any version) should work okay, as far as I understand and have figured out so far 
The only problem is you need ghost.exe (version 11 recommended for its better support to USB drives).
It's fairly easy for any one that are skilled in how ghost switches is used, to create different floppy images to launch ghost and hereby in an simple way 'install' (using 'frozen' ghost image of setup) by simply launch different floppy images from Easyboot menu 
But I repeat, you need ghost_v11 for best performance 
regards balder
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2011,09:47 |
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Balder, I am glad it worked for you as you described.
Now i'm sure this is the right track to follow, as long as
images won't do the setup-W7-usb-job properly for me.
The swap was only for the small partitioner in the img.
Then It will not start on the usb itself and prevent error.
With a ghost line for automatic install on the 1st part.
of the 1st hd, I only had to change the destination.
Not all the switches are necessary, defaults is all right.
You said, maybe swapping causes trouble. Will test it.
I hope more people try this out and tell their specific
steps token to get good result. We can learn from such
experiences, also if not succeeded. My uploaded images
are not perfect. Please all, post your vFloppy images too.
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Edited by ghost168 on Nov. 12 2011,11:09
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balder
Group: Members
Posts: 1942
Joined: Oct. 2008
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Posted on: Nov. 12 2011,11:22 |
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ghost168
Quote: "I hope more people try this out and tell their specific
steps token to get good result."
I agree
By the way - thank you for pointing to this possibility to 'install' NT6-systems in an different way - really not an bad idea 
Anyway.............
I used this simple Autoexec.bat
@echo off
c:\ezboot\ghost\GHOST.exe -clone,mode=pload,src=c:\ezboot\ghost\win7_32.gho:1,dst=2:1 /rb
And to Config.sys I used only this:
LASTDRIVE = Z
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To those that are not fully familiar with ghost switches I explain it briefly:
I created a folder 'ghost' inside folder 'ezboot'
I copied my created ghost image of the 'frozen' setup of win7 to inside of folder 'ghost' with the name ' win7_32.gho'
I also copied ghost.exe (version 11 of the Ghost-DOS.exe-file. You cannot use ghost32-win.exe as this is DOS).
I now have the big ghost image of the 'frozen' setup of win7 together with ghost.exe inside folder ghost.
You can also see it in path: 'c:\ezboot\ghost\GHOST.exe' and the path to source (src) ' src=c:\ezboot\ghost\win7_32.gho'.
This means I can use same ghost.exe to all different floppy images that control ghost in any aspect ('create' or 'clone' ghost images)
Note: I also use a very small floppy image(s) 0,32MB (launch faster) that only have following needed DOS-files inside:
AUTOEXEC.BAT
CONFIG.SYS
COMMAND.COM
IO.SYS
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Attention! Watch out for the file size limit related to file-system FAT32
The maximum possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GB minus 1 byte or 4 294 967 295 (232−1) bytes - basically we can say APPROXIMATELY 4 GB
Ghost images larger than 4GB must be split in smaller images when created (the switch '-split' is used in this case).
Optionally you can use NTFS as file-system
NTFS has practically no limits to file-size to your 'daily' use.
Note: If chose NTFS you cannot use built-in facility in EasyBoot to "Burn" EasyBoot-build to USB drive, as 'boot-file' ezldr cannot be run from NTFS (must be FAT32)
However this can be solved using my scripts (especially 'easyboot-grub-iso.script' but also 'easyboot-usb_v2.script').
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regards balder
Edited by balder on Nov. 13 2011,05:37
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