Trying to shrink my Ghost image...

[Fofo]

I'm trying to shrink my image under 700MB so it can fit on a CD. I'm installing Win2k Adv Server with SP4 and latest MS updates. There are some other components I need to install like HP management agents.

I delete my page file, delete the extracted HP installation files and my image comes out to 753MB compressed! Any thing else I can do to get rid of some space?

[MitaDC]

hold on, don't u need the page file?...

[John Prophet]

you couldnt get the ghost compression to work?

[Fofo]

You do need the page file, but for purposes of making an image you can set it to 0. When the machine reboots, it indicates that virtual memory is too low error. After I copy the image to a new machine and the sysprep setup wizard runs, Windows automatically sets the minum recommeded page file size.

[Fofo]

you couldnt get the ghost compression to work?

The raw size of my OS is about 980MB, after compression it drops down to approx 750MB. My goal is to get it under 700MB to fit on a CD.

[MitaDC]

could you just uninstall some of the updates from M$? What compression are you using?

[John Prophet]

you just absolutely cant have it go onto 2 cd's?

[John Prophet]

I guess you could always go in and strip out stuff like screensavers, games, help files that contain graphics etc

[Fofo]

I may just try to do an install without any service pack and updates.

[John Prophet]

I think if I did that I would at least apply the blaster and sasser worm patches....otherwise it is easy to get infected even if you go straight to msofts update site

what I usually do is have those 2 patches on disk etc and I apply them before I put the comp on my lan to go do the updates


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why cant you just put it all on 2 disks? seems that would be more natural.....just go with 2 disks but go ahead and get all the updates etc etc

[Foggy]

[QUOTE=Fofo]I'm trying to shrink my image under 700MB so it can fit on a CD."

I might have missed something but why don't you get some 800 mb cd's?

[Fofo]

I haven't heard of those, do they sell 800MB cds??

[MitaDC]

um I don't think so, I have never heard of a 800MB cd there is a 650MB 72min cd and a 700MB 80min cd

(I think it is 72min)

[John Prophet]

800 meggers

http://www.meritline.com/cdr-cd-r-90...isc-discs.html

[MitaDC]

wow where have I been? lol

[Siliconjunkie]

Why not just put the image on the network? To me, that is the beauty of Ghost.

[John Prophet]

SJ...what is the "quick n dirty" method for using networked images?

I suppose it is just a special network boot floppy? so you need to have a nic with drivers on the floppy?

[Fofo]

I did put my image on the network as well, I just wanted to try to fit it on a CD thats all. Right now I'm distributing them via the network.

[Fofo]

SJ...what is the "quick n dirty" method for using networked images?

I suppose it is just a special network boot floppy? so you need to have a nic with drivers on the floppy?

Yes I use a network boot floppy, searches via DHCP for the ghost server.

[John Prophet]

Ive never tried it with ghost....but I did try a network install of w2k and I never could get it to fly...never could get it to pick up the dhcp from the server