Re: Trying to Create a RAID 0 volume

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:25:08 -0700, "Dave Patrick"
<DSPatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Stan Hilliard" wrote:
OOPs, I spoke too soon. I got past that roadblock only to run into
another.

I created a RAID volume in the controller bios but Windows XP Pro
Setup cannot find it.

Setup fails here: "To set up Windows XP now, press enter."

I press ENTER and get this message: "Setup did not find any hard disk
drives installed on your computer."

This is how I created the 500 GB RAID volume:
CTRL+A -->ALi RAID Bios Setup Utility
Set stripe size = 64K
Set RAID 0
Select HDD1 and HDD2 (250 GB each)
ESC

At reboot I checked the RAID Bios Setup Utility again to be sure that
the 500 GB volume was still there. Yes.

One HDD was formatted from when I first installed Windows without
RAID. Could it be that only one of the two 250 GB HDDs is formatted?

I did not see any options in the RAID setup utility to format or set
partitions. Does that come later in Windows Setup?

What bios settings might I have missed, or what installation steps
might I have left out?

You'll want to boot the Windows XP CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very
important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive
controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later
you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows XP driver for
your drive controller in drive "A"

You'll only need the driver on the floppy. The files named oemsetup.inf,
txtsetup.oem, and the *.sys file for your controller.
Dave Patrick

Thanks Dave. This is to make sure that I use the right drivers, as I
have doubts.

My RAID controller bios title is:
"ALi RAID Bios Setup Utility"

The driver floppy that I previously installed with F6 during XP Setup
had a readme.txt file that says:
"This driver supports ULi SATA/RAID controller."
ALi versus ULi -- what is the difference?
It is for M5288.

That is what ABIT technical service told me to use. I'm not sure that
I told him that I was using RAID though.

Another driver file that he told me to install after installing
Windows contains a readme.txt that says:
"This driver supports ALi ATA/RAID Controller and SATA/RAID
controller."
It is for M5289.
What is the difference, M5288 and M5289?

I am wondering if I previously used the wrong item.


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