Switch

@filename

Type

Description
Specifies a file that contains additional command-line switches that Symantec Ghost should read. Filename indicates the path and file name of the commandline switch file. The command-line switch file can include any Symantec Ghost command-line switch. The Symantec Ghost command-line switch file must be a text file with each switch on a separate line. This lets you exceed the DOS command-line limit of 150 characters. Connect to Multicast sessionname. See the document Switches: Cloning. Designates which tape device to use (0 through n). Designates the filename of your ENV file for registration purposes.

Ghost Version

@MCsessionname @MTx -#E=filename.ENV -AFILE=filename Diagnostic

Replaces the default abort error log file name, Ghosterr.txt, with the directory and file given in filename. Automatically names spanned image files during creation. Using this switch avoids the user prompt that asks for confirmation of the next destination location for the remainder of the image file that is being restored. This switch is the default behavior for Symantec Ghost. Prevents abort messages from waiting for user acknowledgment, and removes user interaction prompts. The return value of Ghost.exe must be checked to identify whether the operation was successful. Symantec Ghost returns 0 on success and 1 or higher on failure or error. Handles bad FAT clusters when writing to disk. If this switch is set, and the target partition is FAT, Symantec Ghost checks for and works around bad sectors and all free sectors are verified. This option may slow Symantec Ghost operation substantially. Prevents any GUI display. The blind switch must be used with switches that do not require any user input, for example, the clone switch. Using this switch lets you execute Ghost operations on a computer with no video adapter. Sets the block size to x K for writing to image files.

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-AUTO

Image file

-BATCH

User intervention

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-BFC=x

Bad disk

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-BLIND

Batch mode processing

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-BLKSZE=x

Image file

Removed from Symantec Ghost 8.0. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-BOOTCD

Clone / CD-R and CD-RW drives

When writing an image directly to a CD/DVD writer, this makes the CD/DVD bootable. A bootable floppy disk is required in drive A. If you use the -SURE switch with -bootcd, and a floppy disk is not in drive

A, then a non-bootable CD/DVD is created. -BUFFERSIZE=x Network Ghost creates an image file using a buffer of size x where x = number of KB. The default size of the buffer is automatically calculated by Symantec Ghost. The buffersize switch lets you override this size. You can set the buffer size value from 1 to 32. Checks the integrity of the image file that is indicated by the filename. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-CHKIMG,filename

Image File

-CLONE

Clone

Ghost.exe operation switch. This switch allows Symantec automation of Ghost.exe operations and has a series Ghost 8.0 of arguments that define the operation parameters. Norton Ghost 2003 Reverts the naming of spanned files to the system used by versions of Symantec Ghost prior to Symantec Ghost 6.5. If this switch is not used, then the naming of spanned files conforms to Microsoft application guidelines. You do not need to use this switch when reading an existing file. Use this switch when the first five characters in a file name must be unique. For example: With -CNS: (Allows you to save in long file name format.) This is a long file name.gho This is a long file name.001 This is a long file name.002 Without -CNS: Filename.gho Filen001.ghs Filen002.ghs Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-CNS

Image File

-CRC32

CRC32 / Image This switch creates an image file with CRC values Symantec verification and then verifies the list against the original or a Ghost 8.0 copy. The purpose is to allow both quick listing of the Norton contents of an image file and verification that a disk Ghost 2003 created by Symantec Ghost contains the same files as the original. CRC32 / Image CRC errors indicate data corruption. This switch verification overrides CRC error detection and may allow a corrupted image file to be used. Using this switch leaves the corrupted files in an unknown state. You can use this switch to help you extract files from a corrupted image file. FAT partitions Creates a file, Cvtarea.tmp, that is the location of the MFT when the FAT32 partition is converted to NTFS. This switch operates in a similar manner to the cvtarea program that Microsoft provides in Deploy.cab on the Windows XP installation CD. For more information, see the Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfsSymantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-CRCIGNORE

-CVTAREA

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preinstall.asp The file is created in the root directory of the partition during a partition or disk restore and is created as a contiguous space on the disk. The largest size allowed is 4 GB. If the file is larger than this, it is truncated to 4 GB. Consult the Symantec Ghost Reference Guide for information on the syntax and default settings. -DD Diagnostic Dumps disk metrics information to the dump log file, Symantec Ghststat.txt. The file location can be altered using Ghost 8.0 the -dfile=filename switch. Norton Ghost 2003 Changes the path and file name of the dump log file Symantec created using the -dd switch. Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Display diagnostics. Specifies the number of hard disks present. Valid numbers are between 1 and 8. This may help when the BIOS does not report the number of drives correctly. Use this switch in the following circumstances: When Ghost does not detect a fixed disk. Use the -DL switch to force Ghost to detect fixed disks that are on higher numbered slots. To search all slots, use ghost -DL=255 When Ghost stops responding immediately after starting Ghost. This may be due to problems with higher slot numbers. Use -DL with values less then 146. The lowest usable value would be 127 plus the number of physical drives on the computer. For instance, if the computer has 2 drives, the command would be: ghost -DL=129. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-DFILE=filename

Diagnostic

-DI -DL=number

Diagnostic Disk Access

-DLIST=drives

Disk Access

Specifies a list of drives to search for span files. If a Symantec span file cannot be found, then the drive letters in Ghost 8.0 dlist are substituted one by one to look for the file on Norton other drives. Ghost 2003 For example, the command ghost -dlist=CDEFG instructs Norton Ghost to look for files on C, D, E, F, and G drives. The path remains the same. Used as a parameter with the -CLONE switch. Defines the location of the destination partition, disk, or image file. See the document Switches: Cloning. Lets Symantec Ghost convert all FAT16 volumes to Symantec FAT32 volumes when the destination partition to Ghost 8.0 convert is larger than 256 MB in size. Ensure that the Norton installed operating systems can access the volumes Ghost 2003 that will be converted to support FAT32.

DST

Clone

-F32

FAT partitions

-F64

FAT partitions

Lets Symantec Ghost resize FAT16 partitions to be larger than 2047 MB using 64 KB clusters. This is only supported by Windows NT and Windows 2000. Do not use on computers with other operating systems. Limits the size of FAT16 partitions to 2047 MB. Useful when Windows NT FAT16 partitions are present on the disk and 64 KB clusters are not wanted.

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-FATLIMIT

FAT partitions

-FCR

CRC32 / Image Creates a CRC file, Ghost.crc, while making an image Symantec verification file. This is the same CRC file that is created when Ghost 8.0 using one of the create actions on the -CRC32 Norton switch. Ghost 2003 Forces Ghost to check for a dongle. In Ghost versions prior to 2.09, Ghost automatically checked for a dongle. Clone Removed from Symantec Ghost 8.0

-FDC

-FDSP

Force Disk Signature Preserve. Use to resolve bootup Symantec failures after cloning a disk on a Windows 2000/XP Ghost 8.0 computer, especially when the disk and controller Norton are the same in the source and destination Ghost 2003 computers, but the partition sizes or layout are different. This switch preserves the signature bytes on the destination disk when performing a disk-todisk or image-to-disk cloning operation. This switch prevents Ghost from automatically forcing a disk initialization, which Ghost does by default when imaging a Windows 2000/XP disk. Force Disk Signature to Zero. Use to resolve bootup failures after cloning a partition on a Windows 2000/XP computer, especially when the disk and controller are the same in the source and destination computers, but the partition sizes or layout are different. This switch configures Ghost to force a disk initialization. When Ghost creates an extended partition during a Disk-to-Disk or Image-to-Disk operation, the FEMAX switch ensures that the extended partition takes up all free space. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-FDSZ

Clone

-FEMAX

Clone

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-FFATID

Partition ID

Changes the partition ID of the FAT partition to the Symantec recommended partition ID for the FAT partition. The Ghost 8.0 partition ID is stored in the partition table. Norton Ghost 2003 This switch only works when Ghost creates and saves an image file or when Ghost clones dynamically (such as with a Disk-to-Disk or Partitionto-Partition operation). This switch has no effect when Ghost restores an image file to a disk or partition. For example, if you clone a partition of type 0xA0 (which is an unknown partition ID), and Ghost sees the partition as a valid FAT partition (that is, FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32), then

Ghost changes the partition ID from 0xA0 to an ID that is valid for FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32. This was default Symantec Ghost behavior before Symantec Ghost 7.5. This switch allows for backward compatibility. -FFI Disk Access Prefers the use of direct IDE access for IDE hard disk Symantec operations. Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Prefers the use of direct ASPI/SCSI disk access for SCSI hard disk operations. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-FFS

Disk Access

-FFX

Disk Access

Prefers the use of Extended Interrupt 13h disk access for hard disk operations.

-FINGER

Information

Shows the fingerprint details written on a hard disk created by Symantec Ghost. The fingerprint details include the process used to create the disk or partition and the time, date, and disk on which the operation was performed. See the document How to determine whether Ghost wrote to a disk or partition.

-FIS

Disk Access

Uses all available disk space when creating Symantec partitions. By default, Symantec Ghost often leaves a Ghost 8.0 small amount of free space at the end of the disk. Norton Because partitions must be aligned to cylinder Ghost 2003 boundaries, Symantec Ghost may leave up to 8 MB free even when -fis is specified. Turns off asynchronous Input/Output. When -FNI solves a disk access problem, -FNA and -FNU can be used to help diagnose the disk access problem. Disables direct IDE access support for IDE hard disk Symantec operations. Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Disables direct ASPI/SCSI access support for SCSI hard disk operations. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-FNA

Disk Access

-FNI

Disk Access

-FNS

Disk Access

-FNU

Disk Access

This switch prevents Ghost from accessing the IDE drive by means of Ultra DMA and forces Ghost to access the drive by means of PIO instead. For information on Ghost's drive access methods, see the document Description of Ghost Diagnostic Error File. When -FNI solves a disk access problem, -FNA and -FNU can be used to help diagnose the disk access problem.

-FNX

Disk Access

Disables extended INT13 support for hard disk

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-FORCE1394

Disk Access

Forces FireWire support to start, even when the Symantec Ghost 8.0 FireWire controller is being run by something else. -FORCE1394 attempts to take over the FireWire Host Controller. To enable native BIOS support you must restart the computer. Note the following: Use this switch with caution. Avoid using the force1394 switch to take over a FireWire controller from a driver, for example, Iomega FireWire drivers. You may encounter problems if you do this.

-FORCEUSB

Disk Access

Forces USB support to start, even when the USB Symantec Ghost 8.0 controller is being run by something else. -FORCEUSB attempts to take over the USB Host Controller and then attempts to return it to the previous state once the Ghost operation is complete. This works for controllers as follows: EHCI controllers with BIOS support are taken over and then returned to the BIOS. UHCI controllers with BIOS support are taken over and then returned to the BIOS. For example, the keyboard is returned after the Ghost operation is finished. OHCI controllers with BIOS support are taken over but not returned to the BIOS.

Note the following: Use this switch with caution. Avoid using the forceusb switch to take over a USB controller from a driver, for example, the Ghost peer-to-peer USB driver. You may encounter problems if you do this. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-FRO

Bad disk

Forces Ghost to continue cloning even if the source contains bad clusters.

-FX

User intervention

Causes Ghost to exit to DOS after an operation is complete. By default, Ghost prompts the user to restart or exit when the operation has finished. If Ghost is run as part of a batch file, it is sometimes useful to exit back to the DOS prompt after completion so that further batch commands are processed. Includes Ghost.exe on a CD/DVD when writing an

-GHOSTONCD

Clone

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-H or -? or -HELP

Information

Shows the Ghost command-line switch Help page.

-IA

Clone

The Image All switch forces Ghost to perform a Symantec sector-by-sector copy of all partitions. By default, Ghost 8.0 when copying a partition from a disk to an image file Norton or to another disk, Ghost examines the source Ghost 2003 partition and decides whether to copy just the files and directory structure, or to do a sector-by-sector copy. If it understands the internal format of the partition, it defaults to copying the files and directory structure. Generally this is the best option. However, if a disk has been set up with special hidden security files that are in specific positions on the partition, the only way to reproduce them accurately on the target partition is through a sector-by-sector copy. If you use this switch to create an image of a dynamic disk, then the image must be restored to a disk with identical geometry. Forces a sector-by-sector copy of Linux partitions. Other partitions are copied normally. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-IAL

Clone / Linux

-IB

Clone

When creating an image or copying disk to disk, the -IB switch (Image Boot) forces a sector-by-sector copy, and copies the entire boot track; not just the boot sector. Use this switch when applications, such as some boot-time utilities, use the boot track to store information. You cannot perform partition-to-partition or partition-to-image operations with the -IB switch. Partition sizes cannot be altered when using the -IB switch.

-ID Clone

When creating an image or copying disk to disk, the -ID switch (Image Disk) forces a sector-by-sector copy, and copies the entire boot track, extended partition tables, and unpartitioned space on the disk. Partition sizes cannot be altered when using the -ID switch.

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-IGB

Boot partition

Ignore Ghost Boot partition. When creating an image file, the -IGB switch tells Ghost to exclude the Ghost boot partition. That is,

when the source disk includes a Ghost boot partition and you use the -IGB switch, the resulting image file does not include the Ghost boot partition. When writing an image file to a disk, the -IGB switch tells Ghost to ignore the boot partition that is on the destination disk. That is, when the destination disk includes a Ghost boot partition and you use the -IGB switch, Ghost does not write over the existing Ghost boot partition. The Ghost Enterprise Console in Ghost 6.0 and later use the -IGB switch by default. Related information: The switch -SGB. The document Will Ghost Console overwrite the Ghost boot partition or create two Ghost boot partitions?

-IMGDESC

Adds a single-line image file description to the image Symantec file. This has the following restrictions: Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Cannot include any new lines Cannot be used with -imgdescfile Must be used with the clone switch Clone switch mode must be create, dump, prcreate, or pdump Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-IMGDESCFILE = filename

Specifies a text file that contains an image file description to be added to the image file. This has the following restrictions: Cannot be used with -imgdesc Must be used with the clone switch Clone switch mode must be create, dump, prcreate, or pdump

-INT41

Drive detection Use DOS drive table for determining drive geometry. Removed from Ghost 8.0 Clone The Image Raw switch copies the entire disk, ignoring the partition table. This is useful when a disk does not contain a partition table in the standard PC format, or you do not want partitions to be realigned to track boundaries on the destination disk. Some operating systems may not be able to access unaligned partitions. Partitions cannot be resized during restore and you need an identical or larger disk. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-IR

-JA=sessionname

GhostCast

Connects to the GhostCast Server using the specified Symantec session name. Set the disk and possibly partition to Ghost 8.0 be cloned on the GhostCast Server.

-JADDR=<id_address>

GhostCast

Use this switch to specify the IP address of the computer that runs the GhostCast Server or Ghost Console.

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-JL:x=filename

GhostCast

Creates a log file to assist in diagnosing Symantec GhostCasting and TCP/IP peer-to-peer problems. The Ghost 8.0 amount of information logged is set by the log level Norton x. The log level x can be E (errors), S (statistics), W Ghost 2003 (warnings), I (information), or A (all) in increasing order of logging detail. The file name indicates the path and file name of the log to be created. In general, the error and statistic levels do not affect session performance. All other levels may reduce performance and should be used for diagnostic purposes only. Use unicasting, direct broadcast, or multicasting. Symantec Ghost 8.0

-JM=[U|D|M] -JS=n

GhostCast GhostCast

Specifies the maximum number of router hops Symantec between the client computer and Ghost server. In Ghost 8.0 older Ghost versions, the maximum allowed is 10 hops. Used to increase the number of hops required to contact the Ghost Multicast Server. For instance, when Ghost is set for a -JS value of 1, the packet will make it through 1 router only, and be stopped at a second router. Ghost's ability to successfully clone over many hops is dependent on timing issues and router and switch restrictions. The fewer hops, the greater likelihood of a successful GHOST connection. Shows the type code and information stored in the BIOS or the Pentium III Processor ID. See also the -LOCKTYPE switch. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-LOCKINFO

BIOS Lock

-LOCKTYPE=Type

BIOS Lock

Lets you lock an image file for use with a specific set Symantec of computers defined by the type chosen and the Ghost 8.0 source computer. Norton For example, ghost -locktype=P creates an image Ghost 2003 that can be used only on systems that have the same product name type as the source computer. On computers with multiple processors the processorID bios lock option does not work as intended when running Ghost32.exe. In this situation do not create or restore images with the -locktype parameter set to I. Other -locktype values work as intended. See also the -LOCKINFO switch. The LPT master mode switch causes Ghost to automatically go into LPT master mode, and is the equivalent of selecting LPT Master from the main menu. The LPT slave mode switch causes Ghost to automatically go into LPT slave mode, and is the equivalent of selecting LPT Slave from the main Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton

-LPM

Peer to peer

-LPS

Peer to peer

menu. -MEMCHECK -MODE Diagnostic Clone Displays a diagnostic memory dump for technical support issues. Used as a parameter with the -CLONE switch. Takes the values COPY, LOAD, DUMP, PCOPY, PLOAD, PDUMP. See the document Switches: Cloning. Launch Ghost as NetBIOS Master.

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-NBM

Removed from Symantec Ghost 8.0. Removed from Symantec Ghost 8.0. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-NBS

Launch Ghost as NetBIOS Slave.

-NO1394 -NOAUTO

Disk Access Image File

Disables Firewire 1394 support. Disables the automatic naming of spanned image files during creation. The user is prompted for confirmation of the next destination location for the remainder of the image file that is being restored. Includes the hibernation and skip files in the image file. These files are excluded by default.

-NOAUTOSKIP

Image File

-NOFILE

User intervention

Disables the Image File Selection dialog box. Useful Symantec when opening directories with large numbers of files Ghost 8.0 and slow links. Norton Ghost 2003 Disables access to IDE devices. This is equivalent to Symantec -fni for IDE disks, but noide also affects ATAPI CD Ghost 8.0 writers, tape drives and other IDE devices. Norton Ghost 2003 Prevents Ghost from creating an index when creating Symantec an image file. This slightly reduces the size of the Ghost 8.0 image file and saves memory but Ghost Explorer is Norton much slower in reading the image file. This switch is Ghost 2003 useful if you are saving an image file from a large disk with very little memory.

-NOIDE

-NOINDEX

-NOLILO

Clone / Linux

Does not attempt to patch the LILO or GRUB boot loader after a clone. If you use the -NOLILO switch, you can restart your computer from a floppy disk or CD after a clone and then run /sbin/lilo or the GRUB install script as the root user to reinstall the boot loader. Disables USB support. Disables access to SCSI devices using ASPI. This is equivalent to -fns for SCSI disks, but noscsi also affects SCSI CD writers, tape drives, and other SCSI devices.

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-NOUSB -NOSCSI

Disk Access Disk Access

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-NTC-

NTFS partitions Disables NTFS contiguous run allocation.

Norton Ghost 2003 -NTCHKDSK NTFS partitions Force CHKDSK to run when restarting a computer that uses NTFS on the boot partition. Ghost prevents CHKDSK from running on the client computer after cloning a Windows NT/2000 computer. To force CHKDSK to run, use the -NTCHKDSK switch. -NTD NTFS partitions Enable NTFS internal diagnostic checking. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

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-NTEXACT -NTIC

NTFS partitions Enable an exact restore of the NTFS source volume layout. NTFS partitions Ignore the NTFS volume CHKDSK bit.

-NTIID

NTFS partitions Ignores the partition's System ID and clones based on the underlying file system, instead of defaulting to a sector-by-sector Image All cloning. The -NTIID switch enables the Windows NT volume set partitions to be intelligently cloned file by file, which allows resizing. However, using the -NTIID switch with volume and Stripe sets is not recommended.

-NTIL

NTFS partitions Ignore non-empty NTFS Log File check (Inconsistent Symantec volume). Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 NTFS partitions Inhibit CHKDSK on NTFS volume boot. In Ghost 6.5 and later, Ghost does this automatically. NTFS partitions Set the size of Ghost's NTFS volume memory cache to x KB. The default is 8000. Clone The override switch allows the override of internal space and integrity checks and lets you put a very big image into a small partition. The operation fails if it is unable to write to the limited partition size. This switch lets you override spanning, which fails if there is limited space. Avoid using this switch. Removed from Ghost 8.0 Removed from Ghost 8.0 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-NTN

-NTX:x

-OR

-PFILE=<directory>

Clone / File Preservation Image File

Saves the File Preservation Metadata File that holds Symantec the location of preserved files to a specified location. Ghost 8.0 By default, it is saved to the current directory. Specifies that the master boot record of the destination disk be preserved when performing a Disk-to-Disk or Image-to-Disk operation. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-PMBR

-PREFGHST

File System

Attempts to use internal Ghost file system access as Symantec

opposed to using the operating system for file Ghost 8.0 system access. This switch is intended for use under instruction from Symantec Technical Support when troubleshooting. -PREFOS File System If Symantec Ghost has a choice, it attempts to use the operating system for file system access as opposed to using the internal Ghost file system access. Symantec Ghost 8.0

-PRESERVE=filepath[=newpath] File Preservation List of files/directories to preserve during a clone. Symantec [,filepath[=newpath]...] An error will be generated if the files/directories do not exist. Ghost 8.0 File Preservation List of files/directories to preserve during a clone. Symantec PRESERVEIFEXISTS=filepath[=n No error will be generated if the files/directories do not exist. Ghost 8.0 ewpath][,filepath[=newpath]...] -PRESERVEDEST=n File Preservation Specify the partition on the destination disk that preserved files/directories will be preserved in. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Symantec Ghost 8.0

File Preservation If image file is being preserved, delete it after the clone has PRESERVEDIMAGEDELETEAF completed. TERCLONE -PWD Image file Prompt for a password when creating an image file.

Symantec Ghost 8.0 When you restore the image file (that is, you Norton have Ghost write the image file over a disk or Ghost 2003 partition), Ghost will require that you enter this password. The password can be up to 10 characters long. Using a password longer than 10 characters might prevent Ghost from restoring the file.

-PWD=password Image file

Use this password on the Ghost command line when Symantec you have Ghost create the image file. Ghost 8.0 Norton When you restore the image file (that is, you Ghost 2003 have Ghost write the image file over a disk or partition), Ghost will require that you enter this password. The password can be up to 10 characters long. Using a password longer than 10 characters might prevent Ghost from restoring the file. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-QUIET

User intervention

Disables status updates and user intervention.

-RB

User intervention

Forces an automatic reboot after completion. After completing a restore or copy operation, the target computer must be restarted so that the operating system can restore the new disk/partition information. Normally, Ghost prompts the user to restart or exit. -RB tells Ghost to restart automatically after it completes the restore or copy. This is useful when automating Symantec Ghost in a

batch command file. -RECOVER Clone / File Preservation Sets the default to recover preserved files if a Symantec previous restore has failed and the File Preservation Ghost 8.0 Metadata File still exists. If this switch is not used the default is set to abort. Instructs Ghost to execute the Ghost command lines that are listed in the file specified. Ghost executes the commands in the order that they are listed in the text file. Tells Ghost Multicast Server to ignore the Ghost boot partition. That is, when you write an image to a disk and use the -SGB switch, Ghost Multicast Server will not write over the existing Ghost boot partition. See the related switch, -IGB. This switch causes Ghost to skip the indicated files Symantec during a create or restore operation. A skip entry can Ghost 8.0 specify a single file, a directory, or multiple files Norton using the * wildcard. File names must be given in Ghost 2003 short file name format and all path names are absolute. Only FAT system files can be skipped. It is not possible to skip files on NTFS or other file systems. The skip switch may only be included in the command line once. To specify multiple skip entries, they must be included in a text file indicated using -skip=@skipfile. The format of the skip text file, skipfile, matches the format used with the CRC32 vexcept option. Slows down the execution of Ghost. This switch causes Ghost to use different functions for image file Input/Output. This resolves problems with some network interface cards. This switch has no effect when used with Ghostpe.exe. See the document Switches: -SLOWFILE and -BUFFERSIZE. Image file Enables spanning of image files across volumes. Do not use this switch if you are running Ghost.exe to write an image file directly to a CDR/RW. Ghost.exe automatically spans CD-R/RW disks if required. Splits image file into x MB spans. Use this switch to create a forced-size volume set. For example, if you want to force smaller image files from a 1024 MB drive, you could specify 200 MB segments. The maximum value for the -SPLIT switch is 2048 MB. Used as a parameter with the -CLONE switch. Defines the location of the source partition, disk, or image file. See the document Switches: Cloning. Used with the -CLONE switch to avoid the prompts "Partition size correct?" and "Proceed with disk load?" If -SURE is run from a DOS command line, Ghost finishes the operation, bypasses the prompt "Reset computer or continue?" and Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-SCRIPT=filename

User Intervention

-SGB

Boot partition

-SKIP=filename

Image File

-SLEEP -SLOWFILE

-SPAN

-SPLIT=x

Image file

-SRC

Clone

-SURE

User intervention

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-SZE

Clone

Specifies the desired size of the destination partition for a disk load or disk copy operation. See the documentsHow To Keep Ghost From Automatically Resizing Partitions and Switches: Cloning. Forces Norton Ghost to keep the sizes of all destination partitions the same as in the source partition (no resizing). This switch can be used with or without the -clone switch. Forces Norton Ghost to keep the sizes of all destination partitions, except for the first one, the same as in the source partition. The first partition uses the remaining disk space. This switch can be used with or without the -clone switch. Forces Norton Ghost to keep the sizes of all destination partitions, except for the last one, the same as in the source partition. The last partition uses the remaining disk space. This switch can be used with or without the -clone switch. Sets the block size on the tape you are writing an image to. Use on old DAT drives with unreliable tapes.

-SZEE

Clone

-SZEF

Clone

-SZEL

Clone

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-TAPEBSIZE -TAPEBUFFERED

Tape Tape

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-TAPEEJECT

Tape

By default, Ghost rewinds the tape after a tape operation and then exits to DOS. This switch forces Ghost to eject the tape following a tape operation. If the tape drive does not support remote ejection you must eject the tape manually. Ghost versions prior to Ghost 2001 and 6.5 ejected the tape by default.

-TAPESAFE -TAPESIZE=x

Tape Tape

Use on old DAT drives with unreliable tapes. Not a valid switch. Ghost manuals that refer to this switch are in error. Instead, use the -TAPEBSIZE switch.

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-TAPESPEED=x

Tape

X is the speed in hexadecimal, ranging from 0 to F, Symantec where 0 is the default speed, and F is the maximum Ghost 8.0 speed. Norton Ghost 2003

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Tape

Use on old DAT drives with unreliable tapes.

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-TCPM[:slave IP address]

Peer to peer

This switch sets Ghost to the TCP/IP master mode. The switch causes Ghost to automatically use a TCP/IP peer-to-peer connection, with this computer set in master mode, and is equivalent to selecting TCP/IP Master from the Ghost.exe or Ghostpe.exe main menu. Specifying the IP address of the slave computer on the command line is optional. This switch sets Ghost to the TCP/IP slave mode. This switch causes Ghost to automatically use a TCP/IP peer-to-peer connection, with this computer set in slave mode, and is equivalent to selecting TCP/IP Slave from the Ghost.exe or Ghostpe.exe main menu. Sets the Data Transfer mode to unicasting, direct broadcast, or multicasting. Use the switch at a DOS command prompt in the Advanced options on the Clone tab in a Task in the Ghost Console or in the "Command line" box in GhostCast Server. For instance, the following command line runs GhostCast Server in Directed Broadcast Mode to write the image W2K.gho to all computers on a single subnet in a GhostCast Session that is called Sales. Ghostsrv.exe C:\images\w2k.gho sales -ud

-TCPS

Peer to peer

Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-U[u|d|m]

-UNPRESERVEIMAGE -USBM

File Preservation Peer to peer

After a failed restore, do not preserve the image file Symantec that was used on the failed restore. Ghost 8.0 This switch sets Ghost to the USB master mode. This switch causes Ghost to automatically use a USB connection, with this computer set in master mode, and is equivalent to selecting USB Master from the Ghost.exe or Ghostpe.exe main menu. This switch sets Ghost to the USB slave mode. This switch causes Ghost to automatically use a USB connection, with this computer set in slave mode, and is equivalent to selecting USB Slave from the Ghost.exe or Ghostpe.exe main menu. Verifies disk writes. Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 Symantec Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003

-USBS

Peer to peer

-VDW

Bad disk

-VER

Diagnostic

Displays Ghost version number.

-VER=value

Diagnostic

Tests the version of Ghost. If Ghost is older than the specified version, Ghost aborts and exits, otherwise Ghost proceeds as normal. The value is a three digit

number and should be specified without the period. For example, Symantec Ghost 7.0 is specified as -ver=700, and Norton Ghost 2001, which is version 6.5, is specified as -ver=650. In Symantec Ghost, this switch is designed for use in batch files. For a list of version numbers, see the document How to determine your version of Ghost. -WD-WS-Zx Image file Turns off Disk Write caching. Turns off Disk Read caching. When saving an image as a file, Ghost compresses Symantec the file. Ghost uses the following compression levels: Ghost 8.0 Norton Ghost 2003 -Z defaults to level 1. 1 = Fast. This is lowest compression level, and the fastest transfer rate (apart from no compression). 2 = High compression. 3 to 9 = Highest compression level and slowest transfer rate.