Re: Problem installing SBS2003 on MSI 915P motherboard with SATA R
- From: "Jeff Law" <JeffLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:15:02 -0700
Many thanks SuperGumby. Making the disk dynamic does indeed fix the problem.
"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" wrote:
> FIRST understand that I consider SATA to be a workstation, not server,
> technology. I'm actually fighting with a system which recently decided the
> SATA RAID1 (Intel mobo, SiI RAID, spec'd and purchased before my
> involvement) has a partition which should show up as two drive letters.
> Lousy POS.
>
> However, some people in similar circumstance to you have found that
> converting the drives to Dynamic format has resolved the problem.
>
> "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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