has anyone found a way to make the USB Mouse and Keyboard work when using the aspiehci.sys driver?  I can get it to work with I REM out the line in config.sys and my drive is still detected but I don't think it makes the controller USB2.0 but rather 1.1.  I maybe incorrect, does anyone have any suggestions?

P.S USBaspi.sys does not work for my external HDD

Hey guys, I have been reading through this thread in hopes of finding a resolution for solving my problem.

I am trying to allow the Ghost.exe in DOS to recognize my external USB HD. I followed the instructions from the beginning and this is what I have:

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when I boot the desktop using the bootdisk the following occurs:
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Can anyone tell what I am doing wrong here? I am not sure what the problem is. Has anyone created and zipped the bootdisk for download? If not, how about a bootable CD-ROM made downloadable into an ISO file?

Please offer any help you can, I greatly appreciate it =)

Anthony

Hey NightOwl, thanks for the quick reply!

I am using v2.06 usbaspi.sys driver. I know the HD is 2.0 compatible but I am not sure about the controller on the computer. The machine is about 1.5 years old so it may be. I would like to have both drivers for 1.1 and 2.0 on the CD...just in case I ever need them for another machine.

Yes the HD is plugged in and powered on prior to booting the computer up.

I don't suppose there is an ISO image of your bootable CD-ROM including the USB drivers needed? I have read through the tutorial you linked and seem to be confused on some things. I will go thorugh it once or twice more and try to figure out what I am confused on.

I have Norton 2003 and symantec ghost solution suite 8.3 at work, not at home with me.

I have started over following the instructions "Creating Bootable CD/DVD's Without A:\Floppy Drive". I only need the ghost.exe but I will have to wait until Monday.

I will create the image and proceed to "Adding USB to Ghost Boot CD" then.

Thanks!

Ok, sorry for many postings but here is what I have currently:

config.sys
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autoexec.bat
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Files inside "C:\Bootable CD Project\Extracted Files":
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I still need to get the ghost.exe, aspi1394.sys, and guest.exe from Norton's program files directory. I will copy all three into the "C:\Bootable CD Project\Extracted Files" directory and burn the CD-ROM using Roxio.

Is this all correct? By performing the above, will I have support for USB 1.1 and 2.0 as well as Firewire?

Anthonyd

I have never done this before, so because I recently got an enclosure kit that allows for both USB or Firewire, I threw together a boot floppy with both the Panasonic USB DOS drivers and the Ghost Firewire drivers.  Hooked up one USB HDD and the other Firewire enclosure kit HDD--

After some tweaking, it worked!

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First off--you will have to understand that when you load as many different drivers as you are loading, i.e. optical DOS drivers, USB DOS drivers, and Firewire DOS drivers, you will run out of room on a 1.44 MB boot disk or optical boot sector on optical media--and will not be able to have *ghost.exe* on the same disk.  I put the *ghost.exe* on a second floppy disk.

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I have to put the *oakcdrom.sys* first before the Panasonic drivers on my system or I get memory conflict problems--may not effect your system however.

Last drive should not be *zp*, but *z*.

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*EBD.cab* does not belong in the list of files.  If you are using a floppy disk, *mouse.ini* will probably be created and saved to the floppy disk the first time you boot--but, if creating a bootable optical media--then you have to add *mouse.ini* manually before burning the boot sector image to optical disc.  You can simply open *Notepad* and add the following two lines:



And then *save as* *mouse.ini*.

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Because you can not fit *ghost.exe* on the same boot disk as the boot files, best to *rem* (remark--forces boot file to ignore the line as a *remark*, i.e. a comment of information about how the file is structured, etc.) out the last line.  After booting, remove boot floppy, and put in separate floppy with just *ghost.exe* on it--type *ghost.exe* at the A:\ prompt.

Anthonyd

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This means that the CD-RW has not been burned with a proper boot sector image--so it's not being recognized during boot as a bootable CD.

I suspect you are missing a small step in the process of creating the image and burning it to the CD-RW.

Are you noting this step #10

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(Note--technically--every step is *critical*  !)

You can burn *ghost.exe* to the data portion of the bootable CD (not with the boot files that are being burned to the boot sector of the CD) and run Ghost from the CD once you have booted--simply by typing *ghost* at the A:\ prompt, because your *path* statement includes the CD drive letter X:\--so DOS will find the *ghost.exe* on the CD!

Anthonyd

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Personally, I do not use that tool--and I'm not interested in a *master image*.  That's primarily if you are needing to produce a large number of *identical* systems--put there are more efficient networked options for that--i.e. the Corporate Ghost.

I use Ghost so I can always be moving forward--I do not want to go back to some early *beginning point*--I want to recover from the most resent *bad install* of some program that's not behaving well.  I know some advocate starting fresh with Windows every so often to get back that *fast, new* feel to Windows--well, if you are going to re-install all the programs you like anyway--seems you will soon be back where you were  !