Re: Problem installing SBS2003 on MSI 915P motherboard with SATA RAID
- From: "Karl Middleton" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:13:17 +1000
Jeff,
I am philosophically a bit more relaxed about using SATA in servers even if
it is not normally a server technology. I have 4 sites on SATA and they tick
along beautifully.
Having said that, your problem certainly is a strange one. When I get the
unpredictable results you are seeing so early in the setup process I start
looking at drivers. Have you confirmed that the base Windows 2003 has
discovered all its devices and assigned a driver to them all IE: no yellow
in Device Manager? Next, are all the drivers the most up to date from the
manufacturer? Finally, are the drivers properly signed and on the Microsoft
hardware compatibility list? I have used non signed drivers on servers
before and had emotionally disturbing experiences as a consequence.
I did notice that your onboard RAID is SiI. I can definitely confirm
beaucoup problems using SiI RAID controllers in a Windows SBS2003 server.
You don't state which SiI chipset you have but I found consistent RAID
errors causing BSOD, freezes, etc. I used an expansion SiI RAID 0/1
controller in a home SBS server and had to junk it.
Some of the MVPs on this site choose to go for the name brand industrial
strength SCSI gear. I can vouch for the Adaptec 1200S SATA controller if
your customer has a small site with modest needs.
Regards
Karl from Oz
"Jeff Law" <JeffLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:08CE6A97-F879-4967-B9A4-79341B919B81@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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