Question : Dell Precision T3400 Stuck at Starting PC-Dos on ghost boot disk

I have been running ghost solution suite without any problems, until I hit my Dell Precision T3400.  It boots to the CD without any problems, but just sticks at Starting PC-Dos.

I have tried the -fni switch and the -fns switch together, then I get a boot failure.  With just the -fni switch same thing as above, stuck at starting pc-dos.

Anyone have this happen or any suggestions on how to fix?

Thank you!

Answer : Dell Precision T3400 Stuck at Starting PC-Dos on ghost boot disk

I would also check the BIOS for the SATA CD, hard drive settings, if set to AHCP or similar, change it to ATA temporarily.

If you are trying to do a ghost via the network, use this on a bootable CD

network boot Universal TCP/IP Network Bootdisk is a DOS bootdisk that works with most PC to map drive to Ghost server- then run ghost from the mapped drive

http://www.netbootdisk.com/

More options
Ghost bootable
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f3/norton-ghost-bootable-cd-153755/

also
http://www.tech-forums.net/computer_articles/restore/restore-disk.php

SATA CDROM boot

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/on-technology.nsf/0/02757dcb0c3c1ed68825734e0059c0b8?OpenDocument&seg=en&lg=en&ct=uk
drivers
http://marktsai0316.googlepages.com/gcdromfordos

I hope this helps !