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basa · 28-04-2005, 14:01

I have 3 PC's and a lappie (all on W98SE) connected via Linksys BEFSR41 router.

I am trying to backup all these PCs (& lappie) to my main PC using Norton Ghost across my LAN. This PC is the only one with a slave second HDD.

Working on my client PC (the receiving main m/c) I've created the Norton Ghost 'peer to peer' floppy boot discs containing my NIC DOS drivers but when I run them it boots OK but reports I have two NICs in my PCI slot and fails to bind !! Looking in Networks and Device Manager it reports my Compaq 3120 NIC OK, but 'winipcfg' shows my ethernet adapter as an Intel 82577 (because the Compaq 3120 & Intel 82577 are one and the same and share drivers).

Although this explains the anomoly it still doesn't solve the problem of Ghost reporting two NICs though.

Any clever techs here know how to get Ghost to see just the one NIC ? and know if my router will work in a DOS environment ? Or failing that any other way to backup across a LAN ?

28-04-2005, 14:01	#1
basa Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: S Manchester Age: 77 Posts: 1,766	Ghost Image across a LAN I have 3 PC's and a lappie (all on W98SE) connected via Linksys BEFSR41 router. I am trying to backup all these PCs (& lappie) to my main PC using Norton Ghost across my LAN. This PC is the only one with a slave second HDD. Working on my client PC (the receiving main m/c) I've created the Norton Ghost 'peer to peer' floppy boot discs containing my NIC DOS drivers but when I run them it boots OK but reports I have two NICs in my PCI slot and fails to bind !! Looking in Networks and Device Manager it reports my Compaq 3120 NIC OK, but 'winipcfg' shows my ethernet adapter as an Intel 82577 (because the Compaq 3120 & Intel 82577 are one and the same and share drivers). Although this explains the anomoly it still doesn't solve the problem of Ghost reporting two NICs though. Any clever techs here know how to get Ghost to see just the one NIC ? and know if my router will work in a DOS environment ? Or failing that any other way to backup across a LAN ?