Batch file editing/ghost boot disk with cd support manual creation

[Mr E]

Hi ladies n germz,

was wonderin if any one knows of batch file editing tutorials on the net.
also, does any1 know of what the mscdex.exe file is or does.
finally, i will outline what exactly i wish to achieve: I need to create a ghost boot disk with CD Support, I must do this manually.
I have created an MS-DOS boot disk in windows XP (my computer>format)
now i need to add the appropriate .sys file that corressponds to my CDROM device. I will also need to run mscdex.exe from autoexec.bat.
finally I need to edit auto exec.bat to include a command to run ghost in batch mode. I will need to include switches to load (copy) image from cd to the first hard drive. there is a link to download a manual that shows a series of command line switches for ghost in appendix a, the link to dl the manual is ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/ghost/manuals/ghost75implement.pdf
any help with this would be much appreciated, I have no idea how to edit batch files or add command line switches and i am unsure as to the driver file that i need for my lg cd writer.

thank you enormously for at least taking the time to read this

[DABhand]

Alternatively you could tell ghost to make a bootable CD which will restore for you.

But for batch editing.

The mscdex.exe file loads the cdrom driver into memory and assigns its letter. An old win98 boot disk should be able to boot up with cd-rom support anyways.

But if your doing yourself (this has been ages since i last did this)

You have to edit the config.sys file and include

device=cdromdriver.sys /D:cdname

I cant be 100% accurate on that but it was similar to it. cdromdriver.sys is your cdrom driver you have for your drive then followed by /d:cdname

then in autoexec.bat you add

mscdex /d:cdname

the /d:cdname must match what you had in config.sys

the rest about ghost you will have to work out on your own as I never use it, but I know it has the option to make bootable CD's before making an image of a HD

[NorthViking]

You can download boot disks with cd-rom support from www.bootdisk.com (http://www.bootdisk.com)
Just check the config files on them.

[Mr E]

Thank you DABhand and North Viking, just in the nik of time......
I did a little research and think that I have the ghost command switches figured out, and now i have methods to apply courtesy of you both.
Thanx, I appreciate your help tremendously!