Bootable CDrom for Ghost with SATA CD Drive in DOS

[littleccguy]

I have found various post on the web about people having different
problems trying to get a bootable CD to work in DOS with a SATA Drive.

I tried using the gcdrom.sys file to no avail. I even tried the
multiple entries in autoexec.bat and config.sys - didn't work.

The new systems I am working with are HPxw4600. The solution - in the
end - was simple. I went into BIOS under Storage Options and changed
the SATA Emulation setting from RAID to IDE.

In case you want to see my config.sys and autoexec.bat they are listed
below. Again, this is for a bootable CD for using Ghost. I hope this
helps someone out there.

config.sys:

[menu]
menuitem=HPxw4600, HPxw4600 Workstation
menuitem=NCW8000, NC OR NW 8000 HP LAPTOP
menuitem=NC6230, NC6230 HP LAPTOP
menuitem=RTL8139, RTL8139 NIC CARD
menuitem=INT100, INTEL PRO 100
menuitem=INT1000, INTEL PRO 1000
menuitem=ABITAN7, ABIT with integrated nforce

[COMMON]
DEVICE=OAKCDROM.SYS /D:cd0
LASTDRIVE = Z

[HPxw4600]
DEVICE=\HPxw4600\PROTMAN.DOS /I:\HPxw4600
DEVICE=\HPxw4600\DIS_PKT.DOS
DEVICE=\HPxw4600\B57.dos

[NCW8000]
DEVICE=\NCW8000\PROTMAN.DOS /I:\NCW8000
DEVICE=\NCW8000\DIS_PKT.DOS
DEVICE=\NCW8000\B57.dos

[NC6230]
DEVICE=\NC6230\PROTMAN.DOS /I:\NC6230
DEVICE=\NC6230\DIS_PKT.DOS
DEVICE=\NC6230\B57.dos

[RTL8139]
DEVICE=\RTL8139\PROTMAN.DOS /I:\RTL8139
DEVICE=\RTL8139\DIS_PKT.DOS
DEVICE=\RTL8139\rtsnd.dos

[INT100]
DEVICE=\INT100\PROTMAN.DOS /I:\INT100
DEVICE=\INT100\DIS_PKT.DOS
DEVICE=\INT100\e100b.dos

[INT1000]
DEVICE=\INT1000\PROTMAN.DOS /I:\INT1000
DEVICE=\INT1000\DIS_PKT.DOS
DEVICE=\INT1000\e1000.dos

[ABITAN7]
DEVICE=\ABITAN7\PROTMAN.DOS /I:\ABITAN7
DEVICE=\ABITAN7\DIS_PKT.DOS
DEVICE=\ABITAN7\NVNDIS2.DOS
DEVICE=\ABITAN7\NDIS.DOS

Autoexec.bat:

@echo off
SET TZ=GHO+07:00
mscdex /L:D /D:cd0
MOUSE.COM
\net\netbind.com
echo Hit Enter to continue...
PAUSE
echo Loading Ghost...
D:
cd \ghost
GHOST.EXE

[Toddler]

littleccguy wrote:

Thank you, it worked for me on an HP 7800, but does the change need to be
reversed after the cloning for normal OS operation which possibly requires
Raid for the hard drives?

[ksto...@yahoo.com]

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Littleccguy,

I was wondering where you found the INTEL gigabit drivers INT1000?

Thanks,

[Krisvhb]

Thanks littleccguy. Even today, your post is still of great use!

For other people who run into the same problem: there is another driver available called ahci.sys

This driver, provided by Intel, enables SATA support for cd/dvd-roms in dos with full support for the AHCI modes. No more changing the bios settings on each pc that needs to be imaged with a bootable ghost cd using dos. Just replace the gcdrom.sys file with this one, update config.sys and you should be good to go. Works like a charm for me.

Strange that it's almost impossible to find, unless you already know that it exists. I myself had the same problem as littleccguy and found it by coincidence on a Seagate firmware update disk that made use of this driver in freedos. It works just as well in ms-dos though.

You can get the driver from: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=1844973&swItem=wk-61401-1&prodNameId=1844975&swEnvOID=2096&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=0 or it is also included in the boot disk here: http://ubcd4win.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14528

Another alternative for gcdrom.sys is uide.sys, available from http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html It doesn't support the ahci modes either though.