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Rob wrote:
> Wayne Fulton wrote:
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>> In article <Leomania.1gx2sa@news.computerbanter.com>,
>> Leomania.1gx2sa@news.computerbanter.com says...
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>>> I have an A8V Deluxe, and I used Ghost 2003 to move data from a disk on
>>> the IDE channel containing a WinXP partition to a SATA drive on the VIA
>>> SATA controller and it worked fine. My assumption is that Ghost doesn't
>>> depend upon any drivers for local disks, using instead BIOS calls. Since
>>> the BIOS sees the SATA drive, Ghost can access it.
>>>
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>> That may be it somehow. I was very relieved to find that RAID does
>> work fine with Ghost too. My own eyes have seen that that booting on
>> a Ghost 2003 floppy sees the AV8 Promise RAID 0 partitions - no
>> apparent issue at all. Just boot on the Ghost 2003 floppy and there
>> you are, works like always before, couldnt be better. I easily copied
>> a SATA RAID 0 partition to a Ghost image file on a second PATA drive
>> (via Ghost 2003 floppy boot). Even now that I have done it once, I'm
>> still amazed that it works. RAID and/or SATA simply doesnt seem to
>> matter to the Ghost 2003 user. Ghost 9 is probably fine too, I have
>> not tried it yet.
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>> I was a disbeliver, didnt see how Ghost RAID could work without
>> drivers, but it does! I knew XP install works too, but it asks for
>> RAID drivers. So I was really worried about RAID backup, but Ghost
>> works as is - the only problem was my lack of faith.
Speed with
>> maximum compression was about 850MB/sec to one (VIA PATA) 7200 rpm WD
>> 120GB drive (AMD 3500 cpu). Since Ghost backup is not an issue, then
>> there seems no reason not to use RAID, at least not on the AV8.
>> The AV8 Deluxe works OK, but I have more problems this time than ever
>> before (not disk related). Maybe someone has solved them already?
>>
>> Matrox G550 video card will no longer allow the AV8 XP system to boot
>> after XP SP2 is installed. I've installed fresh XP at least a dozen
>> times trying different things, but G550 driver + SP2 = No boot. VIA
>> 4.55 and no VIA AGP did not help me. Other K8T800Pro motherboards
>> appear to have the same G550/SP2 problem.
>>
>> SP1 is installed for USB, and Device Manager shows 5 USB hubs, one PCI
>> to USB Host controller, and 4 VIA Universal Host Controllers. If I
>> plug a USB printer into any USB port, XP sees it immediately and
>> announces a new found device, so something works. However the Add
>> Printer box does not show any USB ports to be selected? (so install
>> cannot proceed). Shows all manner of other port choices except USB.
>> The Ghost 2003 peer-to-peer via LAN setup wants a driver for the AV8
>> Marvel LAN chip. The AV8 CD does not satisfy it. Visible complaint
>> is that it wants an oemsetup.inf file.
>> Any ideas? Thanks
>>
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> Wayne,
> On your printer issue, I believe you have to install some driver
> software from the printer manufacturer before it will properly load.
> Once the software has been loaded it will trigger some additional
> entries under the USB section of Device Manager and elsewhere, when the
> printer is turned on. Something to the effect of "USB Printer Support"
> and/or "USB Composite device should show up. Without the drivers,
> Windows gives you the device connect tone and nothing further, as you've
> seen, due to the lack of the OEM support drivers to bridge the system. HTH.
> Rob
This correct, you generally have to install the driver first before
hooking up a USB printer. Most driver installation disks will tell you
when to turn on the printer.