Re: Windows XP setup on a raid 0 array
From: John R Weiss (jrweiss98155_at_.comNOSPAMcast.net)
Date: 06/02/04
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Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 08:35:01 -0700
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote...
>
> Strangely enough, I found that if I had a partition on
> either of the drives that I couldn't even boot off of the
> CD. I had to create a new Raid Array, which I assume
> deletes any new partitions before I could even get the CD
> to boot into windows setup.
Is the boot sequence set up properly in your BIOS -- Floppy, then CD, then
SATA? Is IDE boot disabled?
> Anyhoo - once I get to the choose partition stage (to
> install XP to), neither of the drives it is showing has a
> defined partition (i.e. they both have 'unpartitioned
> space' next to them.
If you have another [IDE] drive connected, disconnect it completely while
setting up the RAID array and installing XP.
Then rebuild the RAID array using the RAID controller BIOS, and finally
partition and format using the XP CD (with SATA/RAID drivers available on
floppy).
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