Using Ghost in NVRAID
Problem
The Symantec Ghost Client can interface with hard disk controllers by accessing the appropriate memory and hardware locations directly. However, in doing so, this can bypass the RAID enhancements that are provided by the system BIOS. The system BIOS understands the underlying disk and RAID array structures and formats. In order to properly use Ghost to interact with a RAID volume, the user should ensure that the tool is operating in a mode where it does not talk directly to the hardware resources, but rather communicates using the system BIOS.
Solution
In order to use Ghost in a RAID volume, the user must:
1. Disable the Ghost Direct Disk Access
2. Force it to rely on Extended INT13 to access the disk
Ghost Version 7.5
To set these options for Ghost Version 7.5, do the following:
1. Start Ghost from the DOS prompt. (Not the Windows Command Prompt session)
3. Select the “Options” (ALT+O) menu
4. Scroll to the “HDD Access” tab
5. Select the “Use Extended Interrupt 13h disk access” (ALT+E)
6. Select the “Disable direct IDE access support” (ALT+B)
7. Select the “Disable direct ASPI/SCSI access support” (ALT+B)
8. Press (ALT+A) to activate the “Accept” button to use the new settings
9. Proceed to run Ghost as normal
Ghost Version 8.0
To set the options for Ghost Version 8.0, do the following:
1. Use the command line option to disable direct disk access and enable INT13
2. In DOS prompt, start Ghost with this command line: ghost.exe -ffx -fni
Note:
ffx - Prefers the use of Extended Interrupt 13h disk access for hard disk
operations.
fni - Disable direct IDE access support for IDE hard disk operations.
