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Network boot disk advice

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Any thoughts on a network boot disk that works with the latest drivers, I have been using the Universal TCP/IP Network Bootdisk but even with the lateset update (Nov 12th) I am still unable to access my Ghost drive which houses all my Ghost images.

I was able to do all this using a memory stick but again, not with the latest equipment I have been getting, (Lenovo T61 and X61).

The issue is with the network card on these machines, but someone somewhere has got to have a better network boot disk?
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So I decided to give UBCD4Win and BartPE a try, however I find these to be very bloated and not so user friendly, I understand that I can turn off plugin's but it still weighs in pretty heavy, and once I got a thumb drive loaded with BartPE I found it difficult to get anywhere on the network, getting errors like "multiple connections can not be made" I could not even map a network drive. I did like the simple method for adding network drivers and BartPE was able to work with the new machines, but like I stated before getting anywhere on the network was tough.

All I want from this is a simple method to boot into the network using a thumb drive and quickly access my Ghost share.
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Ok, I got BartPE to work but I am unsure of how to get Ghost working to image the machine that I am booted up with using BartPE.

If I start ghost32 and select the drive that I mapped and select the image I want, the only device that shows up to image is the thumb drive itself E:\. Is it possible to image the same machine that you are using BartPE with?
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Wit a little help from Brian over at the Radified forums I came to this.For each computer I plan to use the BartPE with I have to put the SATA drivers in a folder, name it, and copy those folders to the BartPE pebuilder3110a\drivers\SCSIAdapter folder. Then rebuild BartPE. Worked great.

Now if I can find a way to have BartPE map the Ghost share for me every time I use it. Just one less step I would need to take.

Seems like I am talking to myself here!!
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