SteadySate IdahoTech 01.06.2007 20:40:01 Hello, Is there a date that is available for the release of the newer version. I work at a school district and I am having a heck of a time with Ghost and the partitioning of the drive staying the same. When you say early summer a date would be nice of some kind. If not is there any way I can get my hands on the beta?? Thanks

RE: SteadySate robo74 05.06.2007 16:37:00 I have no idea of the release date, but we have been using ghost for quite some time for our imaging process. Generally we use the bootable floppy option to clone with. Usually you can define the partition by changing the numbers on the destination drive prior to the final confirmation to begin the clone. "IdahoTech" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello, > > Is there a date that is available for the release of the newer version. I > work at a school district and I am having a heck of a time with Ghost and the > partitioning of the drive staying the same. > > When you say early summer a date would be nice of some kind. If not is there > any way I can get my hands on the beta?? > > Thanks > >

RE: SteadySate John Schutzman 05.06.2007 19:16:03 I'm with you.. I eagerly anticipate the new version. I'd stay away from Beta though -- especially putting it into 'prodcution' in a live environment. -- it would be OK to put Beta on some test machines and see how they behave. The flipside of pushing for a date is that we don't want them to focus on a DATE and release a product that isn't thoroughly tested and stable. hehehehe :) -- John Schutzman IS Technician "IdahoTech" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello, > > Is there a date that is available for the release of the newer version. I > work at a school district and I am having a heck of a time with Ghost and the > partitioning of the drive staying the same. > > When you say early summer a date would be nice of some kind. If not is there > any way I can get my hands on the beta?? > > Thanks > >

RE: SteadySate IdahoTech 06.06.2007 16:41:01 Yeah I know about doing that, but we just upgraded to the latest Ghost and I am starting to use the Ghost client on the machines to help in managing them better. I am getting about 60 to 90 new machines in the district and between the 3 of us about 1500 is a lot of machines for 3 of us let alone two so trying to make it as easy as possible. My boss does double duty and is the Maint. director as well so half the time he is doing that and the other person is tech/secretary so you can see the workload and that is why the Microsoft Shared toolkit in our labs with ghost will be a godsend. Can't afford Deep Freeze and so I guess I will just make the image get them in place and wait for the new version of Steady State. It is just the start of our summer break here so I guess I can wait a few weeks more. If all else fails yes I will have to revert back to the old diskette approach. I hate to but if worse comes to worse I guess that will be a option. "robo74" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have no idea of the release date, but we have been using ghost for quite > some time for our imaging process. Generally we use the bootable floppy > option to clone with. Usually you can define the partition by changing the > numbers on the destination drive prior to the final confirmation to begin the > clone. > > "IdahoTech" wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Is there a date that is available for the release of the newer version. I > > work at a school district and I am having a heck of a time with Ghost and the > > partitioning of the drive staying the same. > > > > When you say early summer a date would be nice of some kind. If not is there > > any way I can get my hands on the beta?? > > > > Thanks > > > >

RE: SteadySate IdahoTech 12.06.2007 16:06:02 Yeah I know what you mean. Msft can rush things and thus many updates later have a stable working product. I hope they have included a feature in the new version to do updates to itself if needed just like regular windows updates. I can't wait to see the new version. I heard you do not need to partition the drive in order for it to work which will be nice as well. Just waiting with anticipation here... and making images of course :o) "John Schutzman" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I'm with you.. I eagerly anticipate the new version. > I'd stay away from Beta though -- especially putting it into 'prodcution' in > a live environment. -- it would be OK to put Beta on some test machines and > see how they behave. > > The flipside of pushing for a date is that we don't want them to focus on a > DATE and release a product that isn't thoroughly tested and stable. > > hehehehe :) > > -- > John Schutzman > IS Technician > > > "IdahoTech" wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Is there a date that is available for the release of the newer version. I > > work at a school district and I am having a heck of a time with Ghost and the > > partitioning of the drive staying the same. > > > > When you say early summer a date would be nice of some kind. If not is there > > any way I can get my hands on the beta?? > > > > Thanks > > > >

RE: SteadySate robo74 15.06.2007 00:10:00 Another idea for you to try is the new deployment services in server 2008 beta 3. It takes about 5 minutes to deploy an xp image over a network line. Look into the Windows Automated Installation Toolkit and Business Desktop Deployment 2007. Both of those tools allow you to create non-HAL images. "IdahoTech" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello, > > Is there a date that is available for the release of the newer version. I > work at a school district and I am having a heck of a time with Ghost and the > partitioning of the drive staying the same. > > When you say early summer a date would be nice of some kind. If not is there > any way I can get my hands on the beta?? > > Thanks > >