Appendix, Ghost command line switches reference – Compaq 60002MC10 User Manual

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Appendix

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Ghost Command Line Switches Reference

Ghost may be run in interactive or in batch mode. Batch mode is useful for automat-
ing installations for backups using Ghost. Most of the Ghost switches are used to
assist with batch mode operation. To list switches from Ghost, type ghost.exe -h.

-clone
The full syntax for this switch is:

clone,MODE={copy|load|dump|pcopy|pload|pdump},SRC=
{drive|file|drive:partition|,DST={drive|file|drive:partition},SZE{F|L|n=
{nnnnM|nnP|F|V}}
Clone using arguments. This is the most useful of the batch switches
and has a series of arguments that define:

a) MODE

This defines the type of clone command to be used:

COPY

disk to disk copy

LOAD

file to disk load

DUMP

disk to file dump

PCOPY

partition to partition copy

PLOAD

file to partition load

PDUMP partition to file dump

b) SRC

This defines the source location for the operation:

Mode

Meaning:

COPY/
DUMP

Source drive (e.g, 1 for drive one)

LOAD

Disk image filename or device (e.g, g:\Images\system2.img)

PCOPY/
PDUMP Source partition e.g, 1:2 indicates the second partition

on drive one.

PLOAD

Partition image filename or device and partition
number. Example: g:\images\disk1.img:2 indicates the
second partition in the Image file.

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