How do I load an o/s image on to my scsi disc with Ghost?

JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
edited April 2004 in Science & Tech
I want to load an win xp image on to my new scsi disc. Its an image of raid drive, on to my scsi disc which is controlled by an LSI Logic 21040 card.

When I boot from the Ghost floppy it doesn't see the scsi disc which is only visible in windows. This suggests that the boot disc doesn't have the scsi drivers on it to me. So how do i go about getting the scsi drivers on the on the Ghost floopy boot disc if that is the problem.

Regards

Jim

Comments

  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    You need to build the ghost floppy drive using the Windows GUI on another machine.. and select the SCSI drivers option :)
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited April 2004
    I think I understand what you're saying there Dan but why on another machine. This one still boots off the raid array and I presume you mean using the wizard in Ghost to build the floppy boot disc with the scsi dos drivers on it.

    Sorry mate but you're gonna have to speek in Plain Nooby as I dont speak fluent Ghost or Scsi. :)

    Cheers

    Jim
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Well if the machine isn't already down ;)

    Just go into the graphical Ghost interface and make a new ghost floppy but this time select the Adaptec ASPI SCSI drivers :)
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Jimborae wrote:
    I think I understand what you're saying there Dan but why on another machine. This one still boots off the raid array and I presume you mean using the wizard in Ghost to build the floppy boot disc with the scsi dos drivers on it.

    Sorry mate but you're gonna have to speek in Plain Nooby as I dont speak fluent Ghost or Scsi. :)

    Cheers

    Jim

    Dan's way is a good failsafe or fallback fix for this situation:

    You used Ghost in Windows to make a backup image, and either the boot floppy you made lacked the SCSI ASPI driver set, or you neglected to choose that option when making it. Windows expired on box. Yuo need the image back because you have work you gotta have. So, you make a floppy on a box with XP working, so you get an NTFS aware boot floppy, and you make it with Ghost from within XP so Ghost autoruns and knows SCSI bus, and knows NTFS.

    I am not trying to be stealing Dan's very good point or thunder, but if you do not have another box available, try booting from the Ghost CD on the damaged box.... Enterprise Ghost also can let you do a LAN recovery, remotely recovering a computer as to where the backup is, from a CD boot.

    One other situation where SCSI (ASPI) drivers on your boot floppy are nice-- Ghost can recover from CD images, and very modern Enterprise Ghost or Ghost Professional can recover from some DVD images. Lots of those devices use ASPI to get drive access to recover from after a DOSSy environment boot, which is what you get from a floppy boot.

    HTH.

    John D.
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited April 2004
    Ok right made the ghost floppy with the scsi drivers on it but when booting it just errored when it tried to load the scsi drivers. It was saying something about not beable to find the device or something.

    Just so that we clear, no box has actually failed, I just want to put my win xp installation on the scsi disc rather than the raid array.

    Regards

    Jim
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Well arse. What controller is it on?? :) (need make and model please)
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited April 2004
    Its in the first post mate, its an LSI Logic 21040 controller, the disc is a Seagate cheetah 18.4 gb st318453lw.

    I think I've set it up wrong cos in the card bios boot up it says

    "host adaptor at port address 340 failed diagnostic"
    "host adaptor at port address 140 failed diagnostic"

    Then it goes on to say it cant load the scsi drivers

    Help :(
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Symantec Support says not all controllers are supported... it's up the manufacturer.

    Im still researching LSI as I type this :)
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited April 2004
    Shorty wrote:
    Symantec Support says not all controllers are supported... it's up the manufacturer.

    Im still researching LSI as I type this :)


    You is a star :thumbsup:
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    http://www.cm.nu/~shane/lists/comp.periphs.scsi/2003-12/0135.html

    Semi-relevant... could be a controller BIOS version issue ?
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited April 2004
    Hmmmm, i think i also have a problem with the way I've connected the disc to the controller. I'm getting very confused as to what should be terminated and what shouldn't just checking the the manual for both disc & controller to see what it says & if I can understand it.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Thats a good place to start. If not, grab primesuspect or Tex for assistance in the storage forum :)
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited April 2004
    Paging one Mr Primesuspect shortly me feels.

    Thanx Dan
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Sorry I can't help more. Im used to pre-terminated caddied SCSI kit, so I can't help you with the actual connection stuff. :(
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited April 2004
    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

    Now windows wont load directly on to it either. It starts the set up, partions the drive, copies the files, then reboots and starts the whole process again.

    I give up, i'm going to through it out the window. :aol:
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Throw it my way :D
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK Member
    edited April 2004
    Shorty wrote:
    http://www.cm.nu/~shane/lists/comp.periphs.scsi/2003-12/0135.html

    Semi-relevant... could be a controller BIOS version issue ?


    Note to self "Must listen to Dan's advice a bit more often" and this is not the first time you've told me this. Remember a couple of years ago when you were helping me set up my first router (Belkin). You told me then to flash it to get working right, i did, it worked.

    Well I just checked the bios of the controller card and its 3 revisions out of date. So I've just flashed it and now Windows is happily installing away at full speed.

    Thanx Shorty, you da' man!! :ukflag:

    :celebrate
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Jimborae wrote:
    Note to self "Must listen to Dan's advice a bit more often" and this is not the first time you've told me this. Remember a couple of years ago when you were helping me set up my first router (Belkin). You told me then to flash it to get working right, i did, it worked.

    Well I just checked the bios of the controller card and its 3 revisions out of date. So I've just flashed it and now Windows is happily installing away at full speed.

    Thanx Shorty, you da' man!! :ukflag:

    :celebrate

    :D:D :Rocker: :ukflag:
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