Creating a DOS boot disk manually

There may be times when you want to create boot disks manually. For example, you may wish to create a NetWare boot disk, add custom programs, or add batch files.

To create a DOS client boot disk manually

1.

If the operating system is DOS/Win9x, insert a blank, formatted floppy disk into drive A.

2.

Type the following:

C:\> sys c: a:

3.

Set up the packet driver interface.

For example, type the following command to copy the network interface card packet driver file:

C:\> copy 3c5x9pd.com a:\

4.

Copy Ghost.exe and Wattcp.cfg to the floppy disk:

C:\> copy progra~1\Symantec\ghost\ghost.exe a:\

C:\> copy progra~1\Symantec\ghost\wattcp.cfg a:\

5.

Edit the wattcp.cfg file.

For example:

IP = 192.168.100.44

NETMASK = 255.255.255.0

The wattcp.cfg file stores the TCP/IP stack configuration details and specifies the IP address and subnet mask of the computer.

See your system administrator for IP and netmask values.

For more information on locally specified IP addresses, see the Symantec Ghost Reference Guide.

6.

Edit the Autoexec.bat startup file.

For example:

3c5x9pd.com 0x60

ghost.exe

Add the command line for the packet drive to the Autoexec.bat file. For more information, see the packet driver documentation. Ensure that the same changes are made to Autoexec.bat on both disks in the floppy disk set.

You can add additional command-line switches to the Ghost.exe command to automate the cloning process.

For more information, see the Symantec Ghost Reference Guide.