Enable USB while in DOS?

[jeffreyclay]

Does anyone know if it is possible to enable my cardbus USB adapter to be operational from a DOS boot? I'd like to connect my 760XD to another PC for a Ghost 2003 Peer to peer backup.

[sswany]

Look into DUSE.

http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm

I've kind of used it before, but never figured it out completely.

[jeffreyclay]

I just ran across this on Symantec's web site. Seems it can't done...

Solution:
USB is a connection type, rather than a device type. That is, "USB" specifies a method for communicating between computer components or between a computer and external devices or other computers.

Ghost compatibility with USB connections depends on the Ghost version, the USB version, and whether the USB connection connects to a second computer or to an external device. Symantec has a list of tested CD drives for Symantec Ghost 8.0 and Norton Ghost 2003. However, because Ghost supports the connection type rather than specific devices, Symantec does not have a list of other types of supported USB devices.




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Note: Ghost does not work with the USB PCMCIA add-on cards.

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Thanks sswany for your time and trouble.

[selvan777]

Any updates to this topic?

I'd like to have my Adaptec USB2Connect PCMCIA card recognized in DOS so I may Ghost to an external USB2 HDD.

Thanks
Selvan

[JHEM]

Selvan,

Adaptec does not provide DOS drivers for any of their USB2.0 cards.

Nor does Ghost, DriveCopy, etc., etc. work with PCMCIA card based USB adapters AFAIK. I think that pretty much answers the question.

Regards,

James

[selvan777]

James,

I hope this does not come across in a wrong way but how much effort have you put into this task?

Rgds
Selvan