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February 8th, 2005 01:00

Using Ghost 2003 (in DOS) with D-Link DUB-C2 USB 2.0 PCMCIA Cardbus card

I have an Inspiron 8200.
I just bought the D-Link DUB-C2 USB 2.0 Cardbus Adapter to run an external hard drive in order to use Ghost 2003 (in DOS).  Apparently, this will not work right out of the box, as I need so-called "socket services".  Symantec says that I should be able to get these from Dell, but it seems that Dell does not support DOS socket services.  I don't know if these would work instead, but D-link does not have DOS drivers for the card anyway. 
 
Does anyone know how I can get this (quite simple) setup to work?
 
Inspiron 8200 ->  USB 2.0 card -> external hard disk
Ghost 2003 on an MS-DOS (actually PC-DOS) 1.44 floppy boot disk
 
Thanks!

GreyMack

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February 8th, 2005 11:00

I was recently reading about this very same issue. This is probably the same information you have studied.
 
"Ghost does not support PCMCIA cards or adapters connected to hard disks, CD burners, or other removable media. This includes USB, FireWire, SCSI and Parallel connections.
 
Although these devices might work in DOS or with Ghost, Ghost has not been written for compatibility with these devices. If Ghost does work with one of these devices, there is no assurance that it will work consistently; that is, it may work one time and not work another time.
 
Here is a list of issues you might encounter when trying to use PCMCIA devices with Ghost:
 
Some PCMCIA hard drives do not use the BIOS to control access to the drive. This may cause Ghost to misinterpret the drive parameters when trying to clone the drive, resulting in erratic behavior from Ghost.
 
Some PCMCIA SCSI adapters use nonstandard commands and can sometimes not provide the information that Ghost expects. Nonstandard commands could cause Ghost to restart, exit to DOS, or display error messages that cannot be resolved.
 
Some PCMCIA CD-ROMs produce errors indicating that the image is corrupt when it is not. A workaround is not currently available.
 

More information:
 
The main problem encountered while using DOS programs (such as the Ghost executable file) with PCMCIA devices is not the device itself, but access to the PCMCIA slot. To make PCMCIA slots function in DOS, DOS requires DOS drivers called Socket Services, which are provided by the maker of the laptop computer or a third party vendor. It is possible for Ghost to work with your PCMCIA device if you can find the proper Socket Services drivers for your laptop.
 
Some additional Web sites that provide further DOS card services information or drivers (or both) are Systemsoft and Phoenix."

From:

There may be free drivers somewhere, but I could only find commercial products like this one.
http://www.tssc.de/products/enablers/usbenab/main.htm
 

GM

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