Anyone setting out in Norton Ghost 2003 to make a single 1.44MB floppy system diskette utilizing MS-DOS learns very quickly that space is at a premium.
GHOST.EXE
is so voluminous that not even the modest
HIMEM.SYS
can be squeezed in. However, when using a bootable 1.44MB floppy diskette to generate a bootable CD with Nero Express there is a
"workaround" for this dilemma,
i.e, place
GHOST.EXE
in a folder entitled
GHOST
located in the non-bootable sector of the CD designated
Drive X:
and then insert a PATH statement in
AUTOEXEC.BAT
pointing at the target folder.
As there are a number of DOS-dependent utility routines in my kit bag (see images below), I decided to take advantage of all
that space so now I am able to merely quit Ghost 2003 after the boot-up to enjoy a
DOS A:> prompt
allowing an easy switch over
to
Drive X:
. Doing so allows me to employ those tools contained in the various folders therein in order to perform tasks in DOS that cannot readily be accomplished in Windows.
EP