jmrllc
Quote:I was able to copy the image to CDs because the image was originally dumped by Ghostcast. So at the time I didn't have to worry about the SATA CD-ROM issue since all I needed was to boot from by bootable CD and push the image from the server.
So, let me see if I follow--you have Corporate 7.5 Ghost, you have *dumped* the original image using Ghostcast--to a HDD?
And then burned the image files to a CD?
Quote:But when I try to restore the image from CD I can see it in the drop-down list as available. But when I try to start the operation it fails to be able to read or copy the file. Again I can see the CD drive available and even see the file name of the image but it fails to recognize it when it is selected to start the copy.
This is where it is very helpful to *quote* the error message--but, I'm going to guess that Ghost says something to the effect that
it's not a Ghost image file--is that correct?
If Ghost 7.5 behaves that way Ghost 2003 does (and they should--they're *kissing cousins* as far as versions go), when Ghost burns the image to optical media directly using its built-in drivers--it places some sort of *flag* on the image file saying Ghost created this file to optical media. When you attempt to restore from that optical media, Ghost will use its built-in optical drivers to read that image and it looks for that *flag* and Ghost will proceed.
You know Ghost is using its built-in drivers if the optical drive is ID'd with @CD-R....* at the beginning of the drive.
But, if you have first saved the image file to a HDD, and later burn it to optical media--now Ghost, using it's built-in driver to access the optical drive, will refuse to recognize the Ghost file on the optical media! (Don't ask why--I don't know!)
In this case, you have to load DOS drivers that mount the optical drive, and then assign drive letters to the mounted optical drive. Now, when you point Ghost at those image files, Ghost will work with them without problems!
You will have to figure out what DOS driver works with your optical drive to mount the drive from *config.sys*, and then use *mscdex.exe* in *autoexec.bat* to assign a drive letter.
The standard IDE optical driver used in *config.sys* is *oakcdrom.sys*. Do your SATA optical drives have information about using them in DOS--i.e. what drivers need to be used?
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