Running Ghost.exe on a client computer

Running Ghost.exe on a client computer

When using GhostCasting, the client executable, Ghost.exe, restores a GhostCast copy of an image file onto the client computer or creates an image file onto the GhostCast Server.

Ghost.exe runs under DOS and uses a packet driver interface to the network card. The TCP/IP settings are stored in a configuration file Wattcp.cfg that is located in the same directory as Ghost.exe.

As with all Symantec Ghost applications, DHCP, BOOTP, and manually set IP addresses are supported.

Use the Symantec Ghost GhostCast client command-line switches to run Ghost.exe from the command line or in the GhostCast session.

For a GhostCasting session, the selection of the partition or drive to write to, or read from, on the client is specified either on the client, or in the command-line option on the server. Use the -ja switch on the client to run the operation from the server.

For any GhostCasting session, the session name on the entry screen of the client should match the GhostCast Server session name.