Dos boot disc with usb support

i need to create a boot disc to support a usb hard disk drive to ghost images too

 

I don't know any dos drivers for usb. You'll need a running windows 95b++ to access your usb drive.

 

i have seen it work from a dos bootdisk, but i now do not have access to this disk. the drive uses the usb port but acts as an internal drive under ghost.

 

My understanding is that USB is a feature of Win 98+ and is not available under DOS


John

 

Norton GHOST 2003 supports direct access to USB connected disks. I use that capability, and it's very handy.

 

So what's the secret to getting ghost to save an image to a USB drive? Can you point to some place on the web with detailed directions? Thx for any help.

 

Ghost should be able to create the disk, along with the USB drivers?

Check the Symantec support site, or Ghost itself. Its a standard part of the Boot Disk setup.

 

NOT quite! Ghost seems to be willing to setup _USB_ drivers, but they seem to rather thoughtlessly leave out the _disk_ driver (or some such). www.bootdisk.com has a bunch of info, but it's a bit daunting for someone who's not currently up to speed on config.sys editing and the like (even tho' an I/O driver developer myself some (many) years ago). I was looking for the Cliff Notes / For Dummies version of getting ghost03 running.

 

Go here to Download DUSE - http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm

Create a Floppy Disk with the following files/folders:

-- begin list --

01 - DUSE <folder>
-- DUSE.EXE
-- DUSELDR.COM

02 - GHOST <folder>
-- GHOST.EXE

03 - LPT <folder>
-- PARALINK.COM

04 - aspi8u2.sys
05 - AUTOEXEC.BAT
06 - COMMAND.COM
07 - CONFIG.SYS
08 - IO.SYS
09 - MOUSE.COM
10 - MOUSE.INI
11 - mscdex.exe
12 - MSDOS.SYS
13 - oakcdrom.sys

-- edit list --


05 - AUTOEXEC.BAT should contain the following info:

@echo off
echo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
echo * *
echo * JEREMY's *
echo * "Ultimate GHOST Bootdisk v.2" *
echo * -Using Ghost 7.5 & 8.0- *
echo * 3-17-04 *
echo * *
echo * Support for: *
echo * *
echo * USB External Drives & CD Burners *
echo * *
echo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
pause
echo Loading LPT Drivers...
LPT\PARALINK.COM /i
echo Loading Mouse Drivers...
MOUSE.COM
echo Loading MSCDEX Application...
LH \MSCDEX.EXE /D:cd1
CD DUSE
echo Loading DUSE USB Drivers...
DUSE.EXE init
DUSE.EXE drives
CD ..
echo Searching for Ghost Executable...

if %config% == FROMFLPY goto FLPYBOOT
if %config% == FROMCD goto CDBOOT
goto FAILED

:FLPYBOOT
echo Found Ghost 7.5 Executable!
goto GHOSTFLPY

:CDBOOT
echo Searching for GHOST8.EXE on Drive 'C'...
if not exist C:\ghost\ghost8.exe goto CDBOOT1
C:
goto GHOSTCD

:CDBOOT1
echo Could not find GHOST8.EXE on Drive 'C', searching Drive 'D'...
if not exist D:\ghost\ghost8.exe goto CDBOOT2
D:
goto GHOSTCD

:CDBOOT2
echo Could not find GHOST8.EXE on Drive 'D', searching Drive 'E'...
if not exist E:\ghost\ghost8.exe goto CDBOOTFAILED
E:
goto GHOSTCD

:CDBOOTFAILED
echo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
echo * *
echo * IMPORTANT MESSAGE! *
echo * *
echo * Insert Ghost CD (containing GHOST8.EXE) *
echo * and press any key to continue... *
echo * *
echo * To run GHOST8.EXE from a different drive, *
echo * press Ctrl-C now. Then change to the *
echo * correct drive letter and type 'CD GHOST' *
echo * and press Enter. Finally, type 'GHOST8' *
echo * and press Enter. *
echo * *
echo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
pause
goto CDBOOT

:GHOSTFLPY
cd \ghost
echo Loading Ghost 7.5 from Floppy...
GHOST.EXE
goto END

:GHOSTCD
cd \ghost
echo Found Ghost 8.0 Executable!
echo Loading Ghost 8.0 from CD...
GHOST8.EXE
goto END

:FAILED
echo Unknown boot menu selection
goto END

:END

07 - CONFIG.SYS should contain the following:

[menu]
menuitem=FROMFLPY, Load Ghost 7.5 (If you are using a Floppy)
menuitem=FROMCD, Load Ghost 8.0 (If you are using a Bootable CD)

[FROMFLPY]

[FROMCD]

[COMMON]
DEVICE = aspi8u2.sys
DEVICE = oakcdrom.sys /D:cd1
DEVICE = duse\duse.exe LATE
LASTDRIVE=Z