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Since you are in DOS at this point, Y is probably not a valid drive assignment, unless the lastdrive = z is set. That is just a guess. You may need to include that in the config.sys file for the bootup. Of course one would think that it shouldn't be an issue since drives can be reassigned. If the pm program is installed, it may need to be on the C: drive to be available to the commamd system once it is running. I take it that the cd is Y?
You may be correct in your assumptions about the drivers not being there for the controller card. I don't run scsi on the main board, so I have to load drivers to get to them in any case. The read.me file on the cd may have some of the answers.
Also be advised that PM8 does not work with vista.
Phil -
I'm running the CD exactly as it is intended, using the default settings on the disk. In this instance, then, that means that the last drive statement is, in fact, set to Z and for whatever reason Symantec has designated that it wants the program to appear on the Y: drive. Still, it just isn't working. Lastly, since I'm trying to operate from within the CD's default DOS environment the machine's ultimate OS isn't an issue, although FWIW, I am not in any way intending to use Vista. The readme has not been of any help.
Thanks for the tips, however,
-Danny.
<< Dell Precision workstation that has a SAS/SCSI hard disk drive and a SATA DVD/CD drive. >>
I've had systems with the OS on scsi hard drives back in the days of WIN98 and you had to put certain statements into the two startup files to point to the scsi drivers etc. I don't remember the syntax any more but I remember MSCDEX was involved and you could set switches to make the bootup drive letter what you needed.
Similarly SATA drives need a driver -- a problem on certain laptops with no floppy drive since when you need to tell Windows that it has to look for a driver not on the Windows CD the only source Windows has is a floppy disk -- not even a thumbdrive will do. I think there was talk of fixing this in a Service Pack but I'm not aware that it has been done.
Although the BIOS reckonises SATA drives (not always labeling them as SATA however) I don't know that DOS does (or if it cares).
All of which is a long lead in to that unless PM8 (is yours from PQ or from Norton?) has been written to deal with your hardware you may be out of luck.
And as has been said, if you have a VISTA formatted partition you may have problems with the slight differences MS introduced since PM8 and VISTA are not compatible. Whether this could affect XP when it is installed I don't know. I have installed VISTA in a partition created by PM8 under XP but not the other way round.
huwyngr wrote:<< Dell Precision workstation that has a SAS/SCSI hard disk drive and a SATA DVD/CD drive. >>
<<<< I've had systems with the OS on scsi hard drives back in the days of WIN98 and you had to put certain statements into the two startup files to point to the scsi drivers etc. I don't remember the syntax any more but I remember MSCDEX was involved and you could set switches to make the bootup drive letter what you needed. >>>>
Yes, I've got that covered. The files you are referring to -- and their use dates back to things like DOS and Netware <!> are ASPI drivers for SCSI interfaces. They are not extinct, but the trend today to build more of the interface components into the drive hardware, such as the similarity between SATA and SAS, makes this less of an issue. NEVERTHELESS, I've got that angle covered and have tried various configurations using such drivers for the CD-ROM, including the old mscdex. And, as you've also said, SATA needs a driver, too, although much of this is taken care of in the bios.
<<<< Although the BIOS reckonises SATA drives (not always labeling them as SATA however) I don't know that DOS does (or if it cares). >>>>
Beyond what I've covered above, I don't think my problem is with the hardware recognizing the SATA drive - if that were the case, then the SATA hard drives that I've also attempted to use PM on would not be recognized.
<<<< All of which is a long lead in to that unless PM8 (is yours from PQ or from Norton?) has been written to deal with your hardware you may be out of luck. >>>>
My version of PM is 8.05 and was only recently purchased from Norton/Symantec. But, oh how I wish Powerquest was still around supplying us with Partition Magic, Drive Image Pro, and real support! <G> Fortunately, I was recently able to buy a copy of Drive Image Pro v6 from someone that still had some boxed copies around. But, that doesn't solve my problems itself, since I wanted to do some partitioning ahead of the drive imaging work. FWIW, however, that copy of Drive Image has been working just fine on my modern SATA and SCSI drives.
I guess this is drifting towards the question of what do people use today for partitioning and disk imaging work? I've heard a little about System Commander and Acronis, but haven't had the chance to work with them. I gave up on Ghost a long time ago, among other reasons because it didn't offer the backward compatability with all of my Drive Image files that I wanted (I suppose nothing ever will again, for that matter).
<<<< And as has been said, if you have a VISTA formatted partition you may have problems with the slight differences MS introduced since PM8 and VISTA are not compatible. Whether this could affect XP when it is installed I don't know. >>>>
Just out of curiosity, what is the problem with running PM8 on a Vista system? Is it a matter of not being able to install PM under Vista and thus run it natively, or is there an issue with Vista not being able to run on partitions created with PM? One of the useful things I've always found with Partition Magic and Drive Image is that you could do your disk manipulation from what was basically a DOS environment, if you wanted to, thus making it largely irrelevant whether the software would run under and provide the GUI interface of the latest Windows OS. After all, even when these programs did run under Windows, you usually had to do a hard reboot in order for the final disk work to be done outside of the Windows environment. All of which leads back to my original issues and why it is pretty much a non-issue for me as to whether PM runs under Vista (but, again, I'm not running Vista anyway).
So, again, I'm still trying to solve my original Partition Magic problem, and if anyone has any further thoughts on that, I'd really appreciate hearing them.
Thanks,
-Danny.