Re: Problem installing SBS2003 on MSI 915P motherboard with SATA R
- From: "Jeff Law" <JeffLaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 01:39:04 -0700
Actually, I had a further problem at the end of the installation where the
RAID controller decided one of the disks in the array disappeared.
I have since found, courtesy of Andrew Hodgsons post on 8 May, that I have
been using old drivers after all. For some reason, I had only checked for
updated drivers on the MSI web site, not the Intel web site. With the new
drivers, v5.1.0.1022, I do not need to make the disk Dynamic and everything
works as I would have expected it to.
"Jeff Law" wrote:
> 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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