Problem installing SBS2003 on MSI 915P motherboard with SATA RAID

Hi,
I have been struggling with this problem, trying to narrow it down, for a
week now. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction or give me
some clues as to whether it is possible to fix.

I have a new server which I am trying to install SBS 2003 on. I have 2 x
250GB SATA drives in it and am trying to use the motherboard RAID to mirror
these disks.

It appears that for some reason, the SBS setup process cannot understand the
hard disks. During the DCPROMO part when asking for the Database, Log, and
Sysvol folders, the default values are: C:\NTDS, C:\NTDS, and C:\Sysvol, when
normally they include the WIndows directory, eg C:\Windows\NTDS etc

Not only that but I cant change the directories. Doesnt matter what I enter
in the Change Path option, it is always rejected as containing invalid
characters. (By the way, this change path option does not display any
directory information in it where it normally does.)

If I proceed with out changing these options, I get the same problem trying
to change the location of the data volumes for the applications. Not quite
what I want.

If I do a manual DCPROMO, the Database, Log, and Sysvol folders come up with
what I call the correct default directories, ie C:\Windows\NTDS etc, and I
can change the volumes without a problem.

If I disable the RAID on the motherboard and have two disks, then the SBS
installation behaves properly, so I am assuming that it is a problem with the
RAID drivers somehow, but why does the standard DCPROMO work whereas the one
in the SBS setup doesnt?

The drivers I am using are the Windows 2003 ones.

Any ideas here gratefully accepted.
Jeff
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