[RESOLVED] Network booting from TCP/IP DOS into Win2K

[ViperZ2001]

I've successfully created a DOS TCP/IP boot disk to connect to our Win2K ADV server machine.

I'm only having one issue: ghosting is slow

Specs are:

PIII 933
512 MB PC133
(5) 20GB drives in a RAID-5 array
3c905B 10/100 NIC
Switched ethernet via Cisco

I can ghost from our Novell server (lower hardware specs though) and I typically get about 300-500 megs per minute (yes...this is correct)

With Win2K, I get about 100-125 ghosting the exact same laptop.

Any ideas? I know that there is a reg setting for the TCP receive window and I have increased that from 8k (8192) to 64k.
Also, I am the only one on this box right now until I finsh the setup.

Any help would be appreciated.

[rangersfan]

I'm no expert. but can you set background application priority to highest?

[Ya_know]

Is the Novell server using TCP/IP, or IPX/SPX. If it is the latter, that would have to explain some of the speed difference, (but perhaps not that much of a difference)

This registry setting you refer to, you appied it to the 2k advanced server with the ghost image, I presume. Could you post that little tidbit? I would like to tinker with that just a bit myself...

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[ViperZ2001]

The reg key was applied to the 2000 server. Click on the link below and then click in the center of the screen 'Autofix now' and save the file.

http://www.pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/a...e=IntSpeed.hta

[ViperZ2001]

Once you have saved the file, open it and choose the latency that best fits your needs.

The actual reg key is:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters]
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:00002000

[ViperZ2001]

Anyone else have any ideas?