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DOS Boot USB Ghost.exe SATA drive, HPtool easy to make sees SATA Drive boots ghost.exe Ben_Mott
Nov 9 2012, 03:53 PM

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hello again ,
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this could be useful if you got an old ghost.exe (DOS 7,orv 8) here is some useful info Regarding SATA DOS drivers and FREE Utility: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechS...ode=4&idx=0

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just to test it I down loaded the tool and then made a bootable USB as per instruction (from command line) it booted ok then I copied ghost.exe (version 8) and Mouse.com on to memory stick then changed the autoexec.bat file as below: ---------------------@echo off rem The following line is used for FreeDOS, if using MS-DOS comment out this line. SHCDx86.COM /D:CDROM /L:<drive letter> rem The following line is used for MS-DOS. In addition to uncommenting this line you will rem need to aquire the MS-DOS files. rem MSCDEX.EXE /D:CDROM /L:<drive letter> mouse.com ghost.exe -----------------------then booted straight into ghost and laptop mouse was working . had a look ghost could see the SATA hard disk and another USB memory stick which was therein a USB port.. so all in all very useful tool specially for beginners. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Using a 32-bit operating system, download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive. 2. Extract the package to the default location, which is: c:\swsetup\sp39596 3. Run autoexec.bat from the sp39596 directory.

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4. Follow the online (prompt) instructions. The Command window closes automatically when finished. 5. If making a bootable USB key, use the Microsoft Windows "Safely Remove Hardware" utility in the system tray to ensure the drive is synchronized before removing. Files included in this folder are: Readme.txt (this file) files\ahci.sys files\autoexec.bat files\config.sys files\SataDosBoot_MWP.pdf files\shcdx86.com freedos\kernel.sys freedos\freedos_source.zip freedos\command.com autoexec.bat choice.com copydisk.exe diskimag.img hpusbf.exe mkflpy.cmd mkusb.cmd

Copyright 2008-2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Regards Ben

This post has been edited by Ben_Mott: Nov 9 2012, 04:08 PM

jaclaz

Nov 10 2012, 06:25 AM

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Nice
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From the documentation:

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The purpose of this document is to discuss S-ODD (Serial-ATA Optical Disk Drive) compatibility and capabilities with Microsoft DOS 6.22 and FreeDOS on the xw8400, xw6400, xw8600, xw6600, and xw4600, released workstations. Description: Advances in computer hardware technologies make it more difficult to maintain compatibility between newer computer systems and legacy operating systems. An example of this is the ability to boot a system to DOS via DVD and CD media and DOS DLA (Drive Letter Access) with S-ODDs. In order for media installed in an S-ODD to be accessible in DOS, a drive letter must be assigned to the S-ODD. Assigning a drive letter to an S-ODD requires a driver that is compatible with the chipset SATA controller as well as proper system and DOS configuration file setup. By working closely with our vendors HP has been able to maintain this compatibility on the workstations mentioned above. The following is what is required for this functionality. The BIOS contains an updated Serial ATA option ROM to allow booting from the S-ODD, the AHCI.sys driver allows for DLA. The following option ROM or newer is required: Serial ATA AHCI BIOS iSrc 1.17_D 03112008. The version can be verified on the post screen. If the version on the machine is older, then the BIOS will need to be updated. This can be done by visiting the HP Support web site. The AHCI.sys driver can be found on HPs support website as SoftPaq #SP39596. The proper option ROM along with the AHCI .sys driver will allow for both S-ODD boot and DOS DLA. The following are examples on how to implement this solution.

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So it seems like the ahci.sys driver has a "wider" compatibility than the ones cited in the docs, very good

jaclaz

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