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Create OS Images That Use GHOST (DOS) Disk Images

Note: The following example describes how to create OS images for Windows 2000 that use GHOST disk images. The creation of Windows XP and Windows 2003 images is working analogously.

1. Install the master Windows XP, or Windows 2003 on a computer and add all service packs needed for the installation.

   The system drive for the installation should be drive C: and the format of the type should be FAT16/32. If you use the 32-bit version of GHOST, type NTFS is also possible.

   If a FAT16 system partition is used to create the GHOST image, its size must not exceed 2 GB.

   Use FAT32 if the OS prototype installation is larger than 2 GB and DOS GHOST is used.

   If the GHOST image is created from the system partition only, existing partitions at the target machine other than the system partition are preserved.

   In the case of DOS GHOST, the FAT16/32 partition will later be automatically converted to NTFS and expanded to the end of unused disk space. That means, the FAT 16/32 system partition from the GHOST image will normally be expanded to the size of the previous system partition.

   If (CreateNewPartitions=yes), the whole disk will be used.

2. We recommend that you not install any additional applications. Because the OSIM will also install a DSM Software Delivery agent, this should be left to Software Delivery.
3. After the installation of the master Windows is complete, apply sysprep to the model system. Create the directory C:\sysprep and copy the files sysprep.exe and setupcl.exe into this directory.

   The files can be extracted from the cab file SUPPORT\TOOLS\DEPLOY.CAB on the OS installation CD.

   There are small differences between WinXP, 2003. Please read the sysprep documentation.

   Note: Service packs could release new versions of sysprep, which must be used after the server pack was applied.

4. Run sysprep on the model computer.
   • For Windows XP, or Windows 2003:
     Open Start, Run, execute

     c:\sysprep\sysprep.exe -mini -reseal -quiet 
     

   • For Windows Vista:
     Open Start, Run and execute.
     Then:

     cd c:\windows\system32\sysprep
     

     and call

     sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /quiet /shutdown
     

   Important! After system shutdown, do not restart the computer from hard disk!

5. If you use DOS GHOST, insert a DOS boot floppy into the model system and start the system from the floppy.
6. After starting DOS, insert a floppy with the GHOST program and create the ghost image.
7. Provide a GHOST image of the system, for example, Win2k.gho, and store it in a location accessible to the Image Prepare System.

   Assume that this is \\ips\win2k, which is on the Image Prepare System at c:\win2k.

   Note: If you use DOS GHOST, the name of the GHOST image must be a valid 8.3 DOS file name.

8. Copy the ghost DOS client “ghost.exe” to the c:\win2k directory, also.

Now you can build the GHOST-based OSIM image.