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<\/A><\/p>\n

These switches can be used with GHOST’s command line mode in order to
\nenhance the
\nautomation and diagnostic process.<\/p>\n

General Switches:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

These switches can be used with GHOST’s command line mode in order to
\nenhance the
\nautomation and diagnostic process.<\/p>\n

General Switches:<\/p>\n

@argument.fil | Command line arguments read from this file
\n@MCsessionname | Connect to Multicast “sessionname” (see Multicast
\ndocumentation)
\n@MTx | Designates which tape device to use (0 through N)
\n-AFILE=path | Override default abort log file with “path”
\n-AUTONAME | Autonames spanned dump files
\n-BATCH | Prevents Abort messages waiting for user acknowledgement
\n-BFC=x | Specifies the maximum number of bad sectors before abort
\n-BLKSZE=x | Sets the block size in “x” Kbytes for writing to image
\nfiles
\n-CRC32 | Extract and compare file lists from images (see addendum below)
\n-CRCIGNORE | Allows restoring of dump files that contain some corrupted
\nfiles
\n-DD | Dump disk metrics to GHSTSTAT.DMP
\n-DFILE=path | Override default dump log file with “path” – (see -DD)
\n-DI | Display diagnostics
\n-DL=x | Specifies the highest slot for fixed disk detection
\n-DRB | Disable image file read buffering
\n-DWB | Disable image file write buffering
\n-E | Overcomes EA DATA.SF problems
\n-FATLIMIT | Prevents GHOST from resizing FAT partitions beyond 2Gb
\n-F12 | Allows resizing of Fat 12 partitions when the -CLONE switch is used
\n-F64 | Allow 64K cluster size when loading from old image files
\n-FDC | Forces dongle check
\n-FFD | Disable the use of the the BIOS IDE Fixed Disk Parameter Table
\n-FFF | Force the use of the BIOS IDE Fixed Disk Parameter Table
\n-FFG | Override the detection of attempts to write beyond disk’s capacity
\n-FINGER | Displays Fingerprint information
\n-FRO | Continue cloning even if source contains bad blocks
\n-FNF | Turns off Fingerprint creation
\n-FNX | Force disabling of Extended INT13 calls if present
\n-FX | Exit program when finished cloning
\n-H | Display help on switches
\n-INT41 | Use DOS drive table for determining drive geometry
\n-IA | Image all – forces sector by sector copy
\n-JL:x=d:\\file | Create Multicast diagnostic file (see Multicast
\ndocumentation)
\n-JS=n | Increase hops required to contact Multicast server
\n(default is 10)
\n-LPM | Launch GHOST as LPT Master
\n-LPS | Launch GHOST as LPT Slave
\n-MEMCHECK | Diagnostic memory dump for technical support issues
\n-NBM | Launch GHOST as NetBIOS Master
\n-NBS | Launch GHOST as NetBIOS Slave
\n-NOFILE | Turns off dump file dialog box
\n-OR | Override destination drive space limitations
\n-PWD | Prompt for a password when creating an image file
\n-PWD=password | Where “password” equals the image file’s password
\n-QUIET | QUIET mode – no user intervention allowed or screen display
\n-RB | In batch mode this forces automatic reboot after completion
\n-SKIP=filename | Where “filename” is the file to skip during image creation
\n-SLEEP | By popular demand – A switch to slow down GHOST’s execution
\n-SPAN | Turn on spanning
\n-SPLIT=x | Split image file into “x” megabyte spans
\n-SURE | Used in conjunction with -CLONE to avoid the final ‘Proceed’
\nquestion
\n-SZEx | Controls partition sizes in batch mode (see GHOST documentation)
\n-TAPEBUFFERED | Use on old DAT drives with unreliable tapes
\n-TAPESAFE | Use on old DAT drives with unreliable tapes
\n-TAPESPEED=x | Where “x” equals 0 – F. 0 is default, 1 – F increase
\nspeeds
\n-TAPEUNBUFFERED | Use on old DAT drives with unreliable tapes
\n-VDW | Verifies disk writes
\n-VER | Displays GHOST version number
\n-VFY | Verifies writes to an image file
\n-WD- | Turns off Disk Write caching
\n-WS- | Turns off Disk Read caching
\n-XINT13ON | Force use of BIOS Extended INT13 system calls if present
\n-Z or -Z1 | Compress image file when dumping – low compression (fast)
\n-Z2 | Compress image file when dumping – high compression (slower)
\n-Z3 thru -Z9 | Compress image file when dumping – higher compression
\n(slowest)<\/p>\n

NTFS Specific Switches:<\/p>\n

-NTD | Enable NTFS internal diagnostic checking
\n-NTC- | Disable NTFS contiguous cluster run allocation
\n-NTN | Inhibit CHKDSK on NTFS volume boot
\n-NTIL | Ignore non-empty NTFS Log File check (Inconsistent volume)
\n-NTIC | Ignore the NTFS volume CHKDSK bit
\n-NTX:x | Set size of NTFS volume cache in “x” kilobytes. The default is
\n8000<\/p>\n

——————–<\/p>\n

Command Line Syntax:<\/p>\n

-CLONE,mode={COPY|LOAD|DUMP},src={drive|file},dst={drive|file}
\n-CLONE,mode={PCOPY|PLOAD|PDUMP},src={drive:partition|file:partition},
\ndst={drive:partition|file}
\n-CLONE,mode={COPY|LOAD|DUMP|PCOPY|PLOAD|PDUMP},src={drive|file},dst={drive|f
\nile},
\nszen={F|V|nnnnM|nnP},sze{F|L}<\/p>\n

GHOST command line arguments can be read from a file, using the syntax:
\nGHOST.EXE @argument.fil
\nArgument.fil can contain any command line argument, one per line, except
\nfor -AFILE=
\nand -DFILE=. This feature is a workaround for the MSDOS command line limit
\nof 150
\ncharacters.<\/p>\n

Some examples of batch cloning via GHOST’s command line syntax:<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,mode=copy,src=1,dst=2 -sure
\n– COPIES drive one to drive two in local mode without final prompt.<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -nbm -clone,mode=dump,src=2,dst=c:drive2.img
\n– CONNECT via NetBIOS to a GHOST slave running on a remote PC and DUMP a
\ndisk image
\n of local drive 2 to the remote file C:DRIVE2.IMG.
\n Note that the slave GHOST can be started with: ghost.exe -nbs<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,mode=load,src=e:savdsk.img,dst=1
\n– LOADS the disk image file SAVEDSK.IMG file held on the network partition
\n E: onto drive 1 of the local PC.<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,mode=pdump,src=1:2,dst=g:\\imgs\\part2.img
\n– DUMPS the second partition of drive 1 to an image file.<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,mode=pload,src=g:\\imgs\\part2.img:2,dst=1:2
\n– LOADS partition 2 from an image file onto the second partition of local
\nhard drive 1.<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,mode=pcopy,src=1:2,dst=2:1
\n– COPIES the second partition on drive one to the first parition on drive
\ntwo.<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,mode=load,src=g:\\imgs\\2prtdisk.img,dst=2,sze1=60P,sze2=40P
\n– LOADS drive 2 from an image file and resizes the destination partitions
\ninto a
\n 60\/40 allocation.<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,mode=load,src=e:\\imgs\\3prtdisk.img,dst=1,sze1=450M,sze2=159
\n9M,sze3=2047M
\n– LOADS drive 1 from an image file and resizes the first partition to 450
\nmegs, the
\n second to 1599 megs and the third to 2047 megs.<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,mode=copy,src=1,dst=2,sze1=F,sze2=V,sze3=V
\n– COPIES a three partition disk and keeps the first partition on the
\ndestination drive
\n the same size as on the source disk, but divide up the remaining space
\nbetween the
\n other partitions leaving no unallocated space.<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,mode=load,src=g:\\imgs\\2prtdisk.img,dst=1,szeL
\n– LOADS a disk from an image file and resizes the last partition to its
\ncapacity.
\n The first partition utilizes the remaining space.<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,src=@MCrestore,dst=1
\n– Join Multicast session named “restore” and load image to disk 1.<\/p>\n

ghost.exe -clone,src=1,dst=@MCcreate
\n– Join Multicast session named “create” and dump image from disk 1.<\/p>\n

Please see the GHOST Manual for more detailed information on switches and
\ntheir usage.<\/p>\n

——————–<\/p>\n

CRC32 Switch Usage Addendum:<\/p>\n

The -CRC32 switch allows making a list of the files on a disk or partition
\nor in a
\ndumpfile with CRC values for each, and to verify that list against the
\noriginal or a
\nclone. The purpose is to allow both quick listing of the contents of a
\ndumpfile and
\nverification that a GHOSTed disk contains the same files as the original.
\nCRC checking
\nworks file-by-file with FAT partitions. NTFS partitions are CRC checked
\nwithin a dump
\nfile by each MFT table. It is not possible at present to obtain a list of
\nfiles failing
\na CRC check with an NTFS file system. When a CRC file is created for an NTFS
\npartition,
\nonly a single CRC value is generated. You can also create a CRC file from a
\ndumpfile,
\nand verify against a disk.<\/p>\n

The full syntax for this switch is:<\/p>\n

-CRC32,action={create|verify|pcreate|pverify|dcreate|dverify},
\nsrc={{Disk Spec}|{Part
\nSpec}|{File}},{crcfile={File}|vlist={File}|vexcept={File}}<\/p>\n

(No spaces are allowed in the command line).<\/p>\n

crcfile={File} :: ASCII CRC file – default=ghost.crc
\nvlist={File} :: Verification list file – default=ghost.ls
\nvexcept={File} :: Verification exception file – no default<\/p>\n

The possible actions are:<\/p>\n

Action Description
\n—— ———–
\ncreate Create an ASCII CRC file from a disk
\nverify Verify a disk from a CRC file
\npcreate Create an ASCII CRC file from a partition
\npverify Verify a partition from an ASCII CRC file
\ndcreate Create an ASCII CRC file from a dump file
\ndverify Verify a dump file from an ASCII CRC file<\/p>\n

Some examples of -CRC32 in action:<\/p>\n

ghost -fcr
\n– CREATE a CRC file (called GHOST.CRC) while making a dumpfile.<\/p>\n

ghost -CRC32,action=create,src=1,crcfile=ghost.crc
\n– CREATE a list of files and CRC values for a disk.<\/p>\n

ghost -CRC32,action=dverify,src=x:dumpfile.gho,crcfile=ghost.crc
\n – VERIFY the list against a dumpfile.<\/p>\n

ghost -CRC32,action=create
\n– CREATE an ASCII CRC32 file from the primary hard drive. Note that the
\ndefault disk
\n is the primary drive, the default ASCII CRC32 file is GHOST.CRC.<\/p>\n

ghost -CRC32,action=create,src=2,crcfile=myfile.txt
\n– CREATE an ASCII CRC32 file. Same as previous except you specify the disk
\nand ASCII
\n CRC32 file. This example uses disk 2 as the source drive and the output
\nfile
\n MYFILE.TXT.<\/p>\n

ghost -CRC32,action=verify
\n– VERIFY the contents of the primary drive against CRC32 file. Once again,
\nthe default
\n disk is the primary drive and the default ASCII CRC32 file is GHOST.CRC
\n(in the
\n current directory). In addition, the default verification list file is
\nGHOST.LS.<\/p>\n

ghost -CRC32,action=verify,src=1,crcfile=myfile.txt,vlist=myfile.out
\n– VERIFY the contents of the primary drive against CRC32 file. Same as
\nprevious, but
\n specify the disk, CRC file and list file. This example uses disk 1 as the
\nsource
\n drive, MYFILE.TXT as the ASCII CRC32 file and MYFILE.OUT as the
\nverification list
\n file.<\/p>\n

ghost -CRC32,action=verify,src=1,crcfile=myfile.txt,vlist=myfile.out,vexcept
\n=myfile.exc
\n– VERIFY the contents of the primary drive against CRC32 file. Same as above
\nwith the
\n inclusion of the EXCEPTION argument which exludes compared files based
\nupon its
\n entries.<\/p>\n

The VEXCEPT argument specifies files which are not checked with CRC. This is
\nnormally
\nused to exclude files which are always changed on boot.
\nA sample exception text file is:<\/p>\n

[Ghost exclusion list]
\n\\PERSONAL\\PHONE
\n[Partition: 1]
\n\\WINDOWS\\COOKIES\\*.*
\n\\WINDOWS\\HISTORY\\*
\n\\WINDOWS\\RECENT\\*
\n\\WINDOWS\\USER.DAT
\n\\WINDOWS\\TEMPOR~1\\CACHE1\\*
\n\\WINDOWS\\TEMPOR~1\\CACHE2\\*
\n\\WINDOWS\\TEMPOR~1\\CACHE3\\*
\n\\WINDOWS\\TEMPOR~1\\CACHE4\\*
\n[Partition: 2]
\n*\\*.1
\n[End of list]<\/p>\n

The exclusion list is case sensitive; all files should be specified in upper
\ncase.
\nThe * wildcard follows Unix rules, it is more powerful than the MSDOS *. In
\nparticular,
\nit matches the . as well as any other character, but other characters can
\nfollow the *.
\nThus a wildcard of *br* will match any files containing the letters “br”,
\ne.g.
\nbrxyz.txt, abr.txt, abc.dbr.<\/p>\n

The specification of \\WINDOWS\\COOKIES\\*.* above means “match all files in
\nthe
\nsubdirectory \\WINDOWS\\COOKIES which have an extension. To match all files
\nwith or
\nwithout an extension, \\WINDOWS\\COOKIES\\* should be used.<\/p>\n

Short file names should be used in exclusion files.<\/p>\n

Files specified before the first [Partition: x] heading will be used to
\nmatch files
\nin any directory.<\/p>\n

A directory of * matches any subdirectory, regardless of nesting. The above
\nexclusion
\nfile will match any file with an extension of .1 in any subdirectory on the
\nsecond
\npartition. Apart from this, wildcards should be used for files, not for
\ndirectories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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