Wrong piikea, just because you got Ghost to work, doesn't mean it's working the way EP set it up to work. 

Look at this set of commands in the autoexec.bat file:
{
:GHOSTFND
cd \ghost
echo Loading...
GHOST.EXE
goto END
}

See how it says "cd \ghost"?  That's DOS telling the computer to change to the subdirectory \ghost.
Then "echo Loading..." is telling it to print "Loading..." on the screen.
Then the "GHOST.EXE " command fires off.  When it does, the "Loading..." on the screen disappears.

In short, the autoexec.bat tells the computer the right folder to get into, then the right command to execute . 

But you said, Ghost won't run unless it's on the root of the floppy, not in the ghost subdirectory.   And that Jedi Warrior is probably why it's not seeing your ext. hard drive.

That's why I (and NightOwl) needed to see the contents of the autoexec.bat.  And since you've posted the config.sys, lets look at the some it's contents:
{
[COMMON]
DEVICE = usb\aspiehci.sys /int /all
LASTDRIVE = Z
}
The "[COMMON]" tells the computer that it doesn't matter if the the user is using a CD or a floppy disk, use the following configurations. 

"DEVICE = usb\aspiehci.sys /int /all" tells it to look into the usb folder to find the right driver that will let you run your ext. hard drive in a DOS environment.

So, if the computer can't find the ghost.exe command in the ghost subdir, it makes sense that it can't find the ext. HDD driver in it's subdir as well. 

Oh, the "LASTDRIVE = Z " says the computer can assign any open letter to your ext. HDD up to the letter Z.  Esp. helpful when you have a boocoo of various drives. 

Sooo, now that I'm sure where the autoexec.bat and config.sys are looking for ghost.exe command and the aspiehci.sys driver, I suspect the boot floppy itself is messed up.

Here's my next question.  (And Dude, just be honest, OK?)  Do you know how to create a boot floopy disk?  If you do, type Yes in reply and create one, but don't do anything to it yet.

If not, type No, tell me what operating system you are using, and I'll give you the drill.

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Roger that Piikea!!!

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Correct, I did not ask you to post the contents of your autoexec.bat, I asked you to tell me which subdir it was pointing to to find the Ghost.exe.  I asked for the autoexec.bat contents in post three because I thot you were too whatever to admit you didn't know what I was asking for.

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Using Windows Explorer, see if Ghost.exe is on the root or if it's in some subdirectory on your floppy.  Next, use notepad to open the autoexec.bat file to check the path, i.e. a:\ghostfolder\ghost.exe it's using to crank it up.  If you make any changes to it, be sure notepad saves the autoexec to .bat, not .txt extension.
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What's bugging me is that you said you took the ghost.exe out of the ghost folder, (and put it on the floppy root Huh) rather than changing the autoexec.bat to point to it in the ghost folder.  I would suggest putting the ghost.exe back into the ghost folder.  Leave your mouse.com where it is. Then, open the autoexec.bat file with notepad and make sure the path to the ghost.exe is right (per previous example.)
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