Quickly install LAN with DHCP server +ghost multicast

Install a DHCP server and ghost multicast server and make a ghost multicast boot disk

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This process will require some of the following hardware and software: A computer has been installed system, at least one floppy disk, vicomsoft DHCP server (optional), Ghost Enterprise Edition, Partition Magic for DOS version, BootMagic2.0 (included in PowerQuest PartitionMagic5.0).

Each of these sections is described below.

Install server, make boot disk

The first step is to install the DHCP server on a computer that already has the system installed (you can also take advantage of the Windows 2000 DHCP service). In fact, you can also do not install the DHCP server, but this way you have to make a client boot disk when the IP address specified, so you have to make a lot of boot disk, so we recommend the installation of a DHCP server, because if you have a DHCP service, you can even have a floppy disk for multicast installation You also do not need to specify specific IP addresses in the subsequent manufacturing process, because the DHCP server provides them with IP addresses. You can download the Vicomsoft DHCP server to http://www.vicomsoft.com. For the first time use Vicomsoft DHCP server to make a little setup, select the "New Port ..." subkey under Menu "Ports", and fill in a name in the "Port name" column, and the other options are unchanged. Change your machine's IP address to 192.168.181.X, or the client may not be able to connect to the multicast server at a later time. Then select the DHCP Setup subkey under the Network menu to select the top DHCP Enabled check box. After these two settings are set, the DHCP service starts by clicking the "Start" button (the traffic light sign) at the far left of the toolbar.

Step Two: Install the Ghost Enterprise version on this computer (I'm using version 6.5) and ghost The Enterprise version contains a multicast server.

The third step: Make a ghost multicast when the client used the boot disk. The steps are as follows:

Select the program menu inside the Ghost boot Wizard, and then select the first default option to create a network startup disk, click "Next", click on the upper left corner of the "Add" button to enter the next interface, now the general network card driver has the NDIS type of driver, so please select the second option " NDIS2 Driver ", click" OK ", appear the next interface, click on the" Setup ... "button above, select the Ndis2dos directory on your network card driver disk, or the DOS directory under NDIS. If there is a legitimate driver, it will automatically appear in the "Driver Properties" column below, do not modify the following parameters, if not legitimate, will pop up the error message. Click OK to eject the window shown in the picture (Figure 1).

Figure 1

Here, select the first option. The second option is to create a DOS multicast server disk, which is unnecessary here. In the "Program Location" column, "Ghost.exe" column do not change, the following "Parameters" column please fill in the-ja=fast, where "-ja" is a parameter of the Ghost procedure, "fast" is a multicast session name, this name can be arbitrarily taken , but you have to remember that later. This step is a great way to reduce the number of times you use the mouse and keyboard when you do multicast later.

Click "Next", because we have installed the DHCP server, so select the first item, if you do not use the DHCP server, please select the second, and the following fill in the IP address, subnet mask, gateway. Then click "Next" and in the "Number of disks to create" column, fill in the client diskette you want to make. If you do not use the DHCP server, then each boot disk IP address will be different, so you have to prepare a floppy disk for each client, please fill out here 1, the start of an IP address after the launch disk to do the next IP address Startup disk. If you have a DHCP server, you can even have a floppy disk, but a few more will be quicker, please fill in the number of startup disk you want to make. This is why I strongly recommend the use of DHCP servers, both to reduce the need for floppy disks, but also significantly reduce the startup disk production time. Click "Next" and Ghost formally start making the launch disk.