Question : PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost) : Unattend Restore from Networked Image

Hi there,

I need to setup a PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost) bootable CD to performe an unattend IMAGE restore by setting up an answer file.

However, after reading the content of the webpage of the foillowing URL, I still dont understand hot to set it up in the bootable CD.

http://ping.windowsdream.com/ping/doc-2.01/annex.html

Since I dont know Linux, could you please provide me with clear instructions or a URL that will provide it?

Thanks,
Rene

Answer : PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost) : Unattend Restore from Networked Image

I cannot tell, from here, whether the keys you wish to pass are correct: that will be an issue of trial and error.

But I can tell you where you are going wrong: You need to add those keys to the APPEND line to pass them directly to the kernel.
For the last example you posted, this would result in a isolinux .cfg like this:

DEFAULT default
PROMPT 1
TIMEOUT 26
DISPLAY boot.msg

LABEL default
KERNEL kernel
APPEND vga=normal devfs=nomount pxe ramdisk_size=55000 load_ramdisk=1 init=/linuxrc prompt_ramdisk=0 initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw noapic nolapic lba combined_mode=libata ide0=noprobe nomce pci=nomsi irqpoll quiet Server=192.168.x.x Share=Partimage$ User=domain\SRV_Partimage Password=pword Directory=GX620 After_Completion=Reboot Replace_BIOS=Y CIFS_Preferred=Y No_Shell=Y AUTO=Y


Notes:
- As I said, the values of the keys have to be tested, this is only giving you the way they have to be passed.
- Don't forget Linux is case-sensitive!
- Two keys that I'd expect to be problematic:
--- Share=Partimage$ ..... Try without '$'
--- Directory=GX620 ....... Try "\GX620", "/GX620" and "\\192.168.2.40\GX620"
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