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Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive
Apr 2^nd, 2008 at 3:21pm

Have been using Ghost 8 imaging / cloning servers with scsi disk drives no problem using OAKCDROM.sys drivers. Setup new HP server with SATA DVD-RAM. Have modified previous boot CD configuration to make a Boot CD with GCDROM.sys drivers. The Server starts up to
"Attempting to Boot from CD ROM" then freezes. Here is the Auto and CONFIG construction :

AUTOEXEC.BAT

LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:CDBOOT /L
SET TZ=GHO+08:00
prompt $p$g
\net\netbind.com
MOUSE.COM
echo Loading Ghost...
ghost.exe @echo off

CONFIG.SYS

DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS
FILES=30
BUFFERS=20
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=GCDROM.SYS /D:CDBOOT
LASTDRIVE = Z

Any suggestions / thoughts to enable the install of DVD_RAM drivers and execute Ghost for cloning from CD ?

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Re: Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive
Reply #1 - Apr 2^nd, 2008 at 11:29pm

Lanman wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2008 at 3:21pm:

SATA DVD-RAM

That's the first time I've heard of that being used.

This is probably NightOwl's balliwick. Send him a PM and ask him to take a look.

http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=viewprofile;username=2D0A040B17...

Not sure if it will help, but have you seen?: http://nightowl.radified.com/bootcd/bootcdintro.html

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Re: Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive
Reply #2 - Apr 4^th, 2008 at 10:54am

RAD - thanks for the links. I have since discovered Ghost (at least at this time) does not function with DVD-RAM drives. Our vendor ( Hp ) is sending me a SATA DVD-ROM drive. I have successfully used Ghost 8.0 with IDE CD / DVD-ROM drives in HP and DELL servers to Image and Clone with Ghost Network Boot Disk and Ghost (ROM) drive boot disk. This will be my first attempt working with SATA and Ghost 8.0. So from all the research I gathered for Ghost and SATA drives, which was a dead end applying to SATA DVD-RAM, hopefully will provide the desired result when applying to the SATA DVD-ROM.

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	Re: Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive Reply #3 - Apr 4^th, 2008 at 11:21am Also ... the DVD-RAM drive is Model LG GSA-H60L
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Re: Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive
Reply #4 - Apr 4^th, 2008 at 9:40pm

Thanks for the follow-up, as you're the first we've heard of this (DVD-RAM).

I don't think you should have any problem with SATA DVD-ROM, tho ya never know until...

Memphis. You guys had some action there today. All over the news here:

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Re: Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive
Reply #5 - Apr 7^th, 2008 at 10:46am

If you would like to keep this thread open for a short time, I will update on converting SATA DVD-RAM to ROM drive and using GCDROM.sys drivers creating a DVD-ROM drive boot CD.

Sidecar : Yes, I have been to the MLK museum ( former Lorraine Hotel ) two visits. I am not a history buff, yet the self-guided tour is excellent condensed forum highlighting events of the early stages of the Cival Rights movement. If ever in Memphis, I think it's worth time to see it.

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	Re: Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive Reply #6 - Apr 7^th, 2008 at 1:19pm Lanman wrote on Apr 7^th, 2008 at 10:46am: IwillupdateonconvertingSATADVD-RAMtoROMdrive Cool. Hmmm. Why did "Mark & Quote" remove the spaces between words? That's never happened before.
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Re: Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive
Reply #7 - Apr 7^th, 2008 at 1:31pm

Lanman wrote on Apr 7^th, 2008 at 10:46am:

Ifyouwouldliketokeepthisthreadopenforashorttime,

Test from Firefox. Same problem.

Anything weird about the text in your post? What was the original source?

UPDATE - Seems you have TWO SPACES between each word. I think that's what's causing the spacing in quotes to collapse. Why do you have 2 spaces between each word?

There is a mod I installed recently, which fixes a problem we had viewing quotes made in old YaBB v1.x forum (imported to Y2.x), which removes extra spaces .. which, it seems, doesn't like your extra spacing between words.

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Re: Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive
Reply #8 - Apr 12^th, 2008 at 10:27am

I'm confused.....
You're saying DVD-RAM as if it is a specific type of drive.
I have a DVD drive that WILL do RAM disks, but it also does CD's of all types and DVD's of all types. It's certainly NOT exclusive to RAM disks.

On that drive, has a standard DVD+R, for instance, been tried with Ghost?
I use both Ghost 2003 and Ghost 8.3 from boot disks and they both write to DVD+R disks with no problem at all.
Trying to use the much more expensive RAM disks offers NO advantage at all, over a standard DVD+R.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I fail to see the problem. Undecided

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Re: Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive
Reply #9 - Apr 14^th, 2008 at 5:41pm

I was using DVD-RAM in a very general context so hope this will provide clarity --- The LG GSA-H60L is a Super Multi Writer SATA DVD+RW which means that it is designed to read most types of CD and DVD discs but also compatible with DVD-RAM format. Under Device Manager it shows as DVD-RAM. Previously, all of my server CD or DVD drives were IDE. This is my first run creating Ghost boot CD to install SATA drivers. No matter how I designed the Auto and Config using OAKCDROM.sys or GCDROM.sys drivers I was not succseful with the DVD drive reading the Ghost image on the boot CD. On the Symantec site I read that Ghost does not support DVD-RAM at this time, so I assume that is the core of the issue. I am pending installing a standard SATA DVD+RW ( not a Multi-Writer model ) and would expect Device Manager to show DVD-ROM or at least DVD+RW, then I can re-attempt creating the SATA Boot CD.

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Re: Ghost 8.0 Boot CD disk w/ ghost image fails with SATA DVD-RAM drive
Reply #10 - Apr 14^th, 2008 at 6:08pm

Note: I use a ghost network boot CD to create / store images to our netserver and use NERO to create a bootable cloning disc. I would prefer to manage it all via Ghost console but our projects require duplicating bootable clone discs for various test processes.
Also You are correct about cost factors with DVD-RAM media.
We were unaware Hp was sending us the initial lab units with Super Multi Writer (RAM) capibility. It's not a requirement for our projects and we are in the process of getting that corrected. Thanks.

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