GHOST issues

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From: Cary Shultz (cary90240_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 07:51:59 -0800

Howdy All!

I know that this is for WIN2000 so please pardon my
quesion on Ghost ( clearly not a MS product ).

Here is the problem put very quickly: We are using Ghost
7.0 and are now having a problem. On the Windows Server
we are not able to bring down an image to a workstation.
It gives us a compression error. We are able to create a
new image but it gives the 'Disk is full - span across
another volume' question. Disk space is NOT an issue
here ( some 56GB are avialable )!!!!!

If you like/need, read below for more details.....

My boss likes to use Ghost. I am not such a big fan but
it is really useful i nthis environment. Has been set up
for over three years without issue. Novell was part of
the network and has since been 'shut off'. Copied over
the images ( *.gho ) from the Novell server to the
WIN2000 server. Using a Windows network boot disk to
attach to the server, change directories and then execute
ghost.exe to bring down the image to the machine.

Not working on the Windows server. Getting the ghost
compression error ( sorry, do not remember the exact
error number ). Copied over the images again using the
appropriate switch to verify and all ran perfectly. Try
to bring down the image again. Same error. Replaced the
ghost.exe on the server. Same problem.

Okay. Let's create a new image. Not happening. Getting
the 'Disk is full - span across another volume?" question
with the accompanying warning. Click on YES and it
continues. However, I notice that there are now two
parts to the image. If I click on NO I get the
Application Error 10032 Disk is full, cannot continue....
message.

BTW - same situation if I try to do this on the Novell
Server ( we simply turn on the Novell Server - the
Client32 has been removed from all of the client WIN2000
Pro machines - with the exception of our 'Admin'
workstation ). Using the Novell network boot disk we are
indeed able to successfully bring down an existing image
but are not able to create a new image ( same error as on
the Windows side ).

We do not have any Disk Quota in place. On the Windows
Server we have three 36.2BG physical drives configured at
RAID5 and have some 55.8GB free. On the Novell Server we
have three 18.2GB physical drives configured in a RAID5
and have some 7.5BG free.

Thanks all!

Cary

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