Radified Community Forums

spinrecovery

N00b
Offline

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Posts: 4

	SCSI Boot Sep 25^th, 2005 at 10:57pm I have 2003 server with 2 SCSI HDs and an AHA-2940U controller. Installed Ghost, ran backup wizard, machine bounced but I can't see the 2 SCSI drives. One was installed specifically for backup, but I'm tired of NTBackup. This is a terminal server for 30 users. Any comments appreciated.
	IP Logged

Templeton

Guest

Back to top

	Re: SCSI Boot Reply #1 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 3:11am tried boot floppy? or bootable cd? sometimes you need you use the down-arrow to see drives.
	IP Logged

spinrecovery

N00b
Offline

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Posts: 4

Back to top

	Re: SCSI Boot Reply #2 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 10:58am I've been trying thinigs all weekend. The Drivers (to the most common SCSI controller in existence) are not loading so I cannot 'down arrow'. Anyone have a recipe for floppy or CD that will boot and load or other recovery method? I'm glad I can affored test machines...
	IP Logged

NightOwl-

Übermensch

Offline

"I tought I saw a puddy
tat...."

Posts: 2094
Olympia, WA--Puget Sound-USA

Back to top

Re: SCSI Boot
Reply #3 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 11:52am

spinrecovery

What version of Ghost are you using?

Have you tried the Ghost Boot Wizard. In Ghost 2003, the first setup page after selecting the *Standard Ghost Boot Disk* offers the option of including *SCSI CD/DVD--Include Adaptec ASPI drivers*.

From the Ghost 2003 User Manual:

Quote:

Installing SCSI drivers

Norton Ghost automatically installs Adaptec SCSI drivers in the Virtual Partition if it finds a SCSI hard disk. The SCSI drivers allow Norton Ghost to access any SCSI device. If you want to install SCSI drivers manually, you can set this as a default preference or install the drivers from a wizard. You can scan for Adaptec SCSI cards and let Norton Ghost select the correct drives.

If you are using a card other than Adaptec, then you must manually install the correct drivers.

See *Installing extra drivers* on page 56.

To install SCSI drivers

1 Do one of the following:
--To set the default installation of SCSI drivers, in the Ghost Basic window, click Options.
--To install the SCSI drivers while running a task, in the Advanced Settings window, click Advanced Settings.

2 Check the SCSI drivers that you want to install.

3 To let Norton Ghost scan for Adaptec SCSI cards, click Auto-Detect for SCSI drivers.

4 Click OK.

No question is stupid...but, possibly the answers are Wink

!
(This is an old *NightOwl* user account--not in current use. Current account is NightOwl without a dash at the end.)

IP Logged

Maplethrope

Guest

Back to top

	Re: SCSI Boot Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 12:22pm I have the Adaptec 19160 and use Ghost 2003. I don't have to do anything special when creating the Ghost boot floppy. Both my SCSI drives show up automatically. I run WXP Pro. Maybe it has something to do with the server OS you are running. Can you try creating a Ghost boot floppy on a non-server OS?
	IP Logged

spinrecovery

N00b
Offline

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Posts: 4

Back to top

Re: SCSI Boot
Reply #5 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 12:52pm

I am using Ghost 2003. On the "Advanced Settings" applet "SCSI Drivers" tab none of the four drivers were selected default in the Bu Wizard. I clicked the "Auto-detect" feature" and it informed that no additional drivers were needed. When the machine booted to DOS, it hung and I ultimately had to ASR the box.

Now - As suggested I have created a boot-floppy, and the config.sys lists all 4 default scsi drivers - I get many errors on boot. The Ghost imaging console then locks. I have exited mid-boot (pre-ghost.exe) and there are now drive letters for my scsi drives (progress). Boot log also states aic78xx.sys is needed, which I have but doesn't come with G2003. This is Win2003 server.

I will post the method when I do manage to image the Win 2003 system disk to its on-board (identical) backup disk. Comments welcome.

IP Logged

NightOwl-

Übermensch

Offline

"I tought I saw a puddy
tat...."

Posts: 2094
Olympia, WA--Puget Sound-USA

Back to top

	Re: SCSI Boot Reply #6 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 1:27pm spinrecovery I have read that Ghost 2003 will not run compatibly on a Win2003 Server, but you should be able to boot to DOS and create images outside of the Windows environment.
	No question is stupid...but, possibly the answers are ! (This is an old NightOwl user account--not in current use. Current account is NightOwl without a dash at the end.) IP Logged

spinrecovery

N00b
Offline

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Posts: 4

Back to top

Re: SCSI Boot
Reply #7 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 1:37pm

G2003 has reported now 2X on 2 identical setups that it cannot access it's partition due to its "inability to defragment" the partition. One is a newly minted W2003 install. So now I am back to the boot floppy. If G2003 won't run on Win2003, do you suppose it would create a boot floppy on W2003? Mine won't. Maplethorp says he has no trouble with SCSI on XP. Since all my computers are *identical* I will try it on an XP test box. I wish I didn't have work to do and could just TECH out for a day... Thanks for yanking me off the W2003 slippery slope.

IP Logged

Spanky

Guest

Back to top

	Re: SCSI Boot Reply #8 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 4:10pm From the DOS environment, the server partition should look no diferent than a WXP partition, just a bunch of bits.
	IP Logged

	Welcome, Guest. Please Login