Basically the Net call runs out of memory with a SYS0006 error. If you don't use emm386 you get a binding error when connecting to the network. I split the net directory between the floppy disk and the CD-Rom so that I have room enough for the required emm386 on the floppy. Then I can simply change the content in the root of the CD to make adjustments to my ghosting method or image used. This means I can always use the same boot.img file to make the disk bootable and I don't have to keep the bootable floppy around after the fact. I have a standard boot disk (floppy) that does most of the work and then calls C:\autorun.bat (C: is the CDRom after CD boot) that contains the details for the different configurations of the Gx270s that we use. They have access both to the remainder of the CDRom access and to the network. The boot discs were a pain till I figured all this out. I've done this with both PC-Dos 7.1 and MS Dos 6.22. The G圆0s are not working right with the E100b driver on the CD. I will now use the same methods on my Gx260s since it saves around a minute of boot time. The woman on the other end was very helpful and gave me the username and password to download the instructions and patch.īack to the main issue for this post, I'm using BootCDs since the Gx270s made the floppy drive a $19 add-on option. We do have an active Gold level support membership but I called anyway. It is a maintenance release and only the Gold support members get the maintenence releases. You can force ghost to use Int13h using the -fni switch but there is a significant performance hit.īottom line: Symantec has released an update to their Enterprise Gold level support members who call in to request it. So, network traffic befuddles Ghost and it locks. It assumes all traffic sent on the the hard drive's interrupt is from the hard drive. However, it is not sohpisticated enough to allow the network cards to communicate in the same fashion. The general release Symantec Ghost 7.5 (and Norton Ghost 2003) is sophisticated enough to no longer use Dos's Interrupt 13h to communicate to the hard drive but use the new method defined by these chipsets. The heart of the issue is that the new chipset makes the the network card and IDE controller to share the communications interrupt.
To support these drives, these motherboards use newer versions of the Intel chipsets, specifically chipset version 865 and newer. Technical Synopsis: Dell and other computer manufacturers are switching to motherboards that support the newer Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives.
If you use a Dell Gx270 (or newer), read up on the Symantec (Norton) Ghost/Intel incompatability here.
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