I just had success with troubleshooting a Ghost TCP/IP, and am so pleased with myself (after 3 months) that I wanted to share it here so atleast for a little while (until it fades out) somebody might benefit from it.
The Situation:
I wanted to Ghost my laptop (Compaq 1201z, just like the 1215US), to my desktop.
Laptop info: It has a built in NIC, but no drivers can be found anywhere, and Compaq is no help. I purchased a D-Link DFE-650TX PCMCIA Card (Fully supported by Ghost and the Ghost boot wizard) for the laptop.
Desktop info: Initially it had a Netgear FA311 NIC, and even though Ghost says that is supported, it doesn't quite work, even the patched driver file provided by netgear was worthless. So eventually I went to my D-Link DFE-530TX+ (free at Best Buy about a month ago).
Problem:
I couldn't get the built in NIC to work, no drivers. So I tried 2 differnt USB fiel transfer cables, and that didn't work, I couldn't establish a connection. So I tried (once) LPT, and that took 15 hours, big mistake.
So, I bought the DFE-650TX PCMCIA card, thinking this would sovle the problem. But then the NIC's would recognize each other(no connection). Apparently the Netgear FA311 is not necessarily compatable with Ghost.
So, on a whim I checked to see if my DFE-530TX+ was supported, but only the original DFE-530TX was. But I gave it a shot anyway. And it didn't quite work, but now I got error messages indicating that changes could have been made to make it work.
So, I decided to exparament a little, as it had been 3 months working on and off on this problem and I was now going to give up. I downloaded the driver zip file for the DFE-530TX+ and unzipped it, and there was the DOS NDIS file I would need!!!
I put the new driver into the NET folder of the Ghost disk and then edited two other files. First edit the "Protocol.ini" file. The last line should read "drivername = XXXXX$". Edit this line and place your new drivers name ther with a '$' at the end. Then you need to edit the line of Config.sys in the same way. Recognize that old driver name and replace it with the new one (it should read something like "DEVICE=\net\XXXXX.dos").
And Bingo it botted without error and connected!!
AHHH, finally, I can go to that dual boot of Linux and XP on my Laptop and not worry about killing it.
I hope this helps someone.
The Situation:
I wanted to Ghost my laptop (Compaq 1201z, just like the 1215US), to my desktop.
Laptop info: It has a built in NIC, but no drivers can be found anywhere, and Compaq is no help. I purchased a D-Link DFE-650TX PCMCIA Card (Fully supported by Ghost and the Ghost boot wizard) for the laptop.
Desktop info: Initially it had a Netgear FA311 NIC, and even though Ghost says that is supported, it doesn't quite work, even the patched driver file provided by netgear was worthless. So eventually I went to my D-Link DFE-530TX+ (free at Best Buy about a month ago).
Problem:
I couldn't get the built in NIC to work, no drivers. So I tried 2 differnt USB fiel transfer cables, and that didn't work, I couldn't establish a connection. So I tried (once) LPT, and that took 15 hours, big mistake.
So, I bought the DFE-650TX PCMCIA card, thinking this would sovle the problem. But then the NIC's would recognize each other(no connection). Apparently the Netgear FA311 is not necessarily compatable with Ghost.
So, on a whim I checked to see if my DFE-530TX+ was supported, but only the original DFE-530TX was. But I gave it a shot anyway. And it didn't quite work, but now I got error messages indicating that changes could have been made to make it work.
So, I decided to exparament a little, as it had been 3 months working on and off on this problem and I was now going to give up. I downloaded the driver zip file for the DFE-530TX+ and unzipped it, and there was the DOS NDIS file I would need!!!
I put the new driver into the NET folder of the Ghost disk and then edited two other files. First edit the "Protocol.ini" file. The last line should read "drivername = XXXXX$". Edit this line and place your new drivers name ther with a '$' at the end. Then you need to edit the line of Config.sys in the same way. Recognize that old driver name and replace it with the new one (it should read something like "DEVICE=\net\XXXXX.dos").
And Bingo it botted without error and connected!!
AHHH, finally, I can go to that dual boot of Linux and XP on my Laptop and not worry about killing it.
I hope this helps someone.
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