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Raid 0 problem

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August 5, 2007 3:45:32 AM

Hi,

I just bought a new PC

MSI P35 Platinum
E6750
2x1GB Corsair DDR2 800Mhz
2x500GB Seagate SATA 2
BFG 8800 GTS 320Meg
Pioneer 212D (Unplugged because i had a blue screen when i tried to install XP with it, so im using a LG DVD Drive)
Antec Sonata III

My problem is that i'm not able to install Windows XP SP2 on my 2x500GB in Raid0

First of all, I configured the RAID in the Bios so i could acces to the Intel Matrix Storage Manager. So i press CTRL-I during the boot to enter in the manager. I created a volume of 931GB with stripe of 128kb. Everything's looking fine. So I exit the manager and start the installation of Windows XP Pro SP2. I press F6 so i can put the RAID Driver that i previously put on a floppy (The driver i have are the one you can find there http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&... at_no=1&prod_no=1212 the Intel IAA Raid for ICH9R). So i press S to specifiy the driver i want to use. I select the driver for Destop ICH9R. It loads the file : iaStor.sys. After that there's an error message that tell me : Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your system. The only option i have there is to exit the installation.

I tried alot of thing but without succes. I tried to install Windows XP on only one drive (without Raid 0) and it work. I did that with both drive to see if they work proprely it worked fine. So it mean that the CD of Windows XP that i have has the SATA drive that i need. I reformated both drives because i really wants to do Raid 0.

I also updated the bios to version 1.2. I recreated the Raid, retried the installation but i had the same error.

I tried another cd of Windows XP (SP1 that time) without success.

I also tried to make a smaller Raid 0 (160Gb) because i tought that maybe Windows XP couldn't see 931GB but without success.

Now i have no idea what to do...

Please help me

Thx
Max

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August 5, 2007 9:01:24 AM

the only thing that comes to mind, is that the drivers youre using might not be completely compatible with that specific raid controller... even though the controller can be selected from the list of driver choices during setup.

if there are other drivers/controller choices during setup available, i would try using them too.
August 5, 2007 3:06:53 PM

Make sure you're selecting the correct driver - ICH9R is RAID mode (not AHCI mode). Also, it isn't obvious, but the driver selection Window that comes up after you hit F6 and insert the floppy is only 4 lines high, but it scrolls, even though there's no scroll bar. Use the down arrow key on the keyboard to see more drivers.
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August 5, 2007 4:02:38 PM

There are a couple of options in your regular BIOS that you should check to make sure that BIOS is set to boot from the newly created array. After you have setup your RAID 0 array in the RAID BIOS, go into the regular BIOS and check first under you SATA controllers that the RAID array is set to display the array as a bootable disk. Then check to make sure under your regular BIOS settings that the RAID array is listed as a bootable option, if you have everything enabled correctly, it should now be an option under your boot order list.
Check under your SATA options for these settings....
There will be something like "RAID as Storage" or "RAID as IDE", or "BOOTABLE", or something like that. Be sure you have the array set as IDE or Bootable.
Then check to make sure in list of boot options that you have your DVD or CD first, and the RAID array as second boot device.
August 5, 2007 5:16:39 PM

choirbass said:
the only thing that comes to mind, is that the drivers youre using might not be completely compatible with that specific raid controller... even though the controller can be selected from the list of driver choices during setup.

if there are other drivers/controller choices during setup available, i would try using them too.


There is 3 driver that i can choose the first one is for ICH9R and both other are for ICH8M.

SomeJoe7777 said:
Make sure you're selecting the correct driver - ICH9R is RAID mode (not AHCI mode). Also, it isn't obvious, but the driver selection Window that comes up after you hit F6 and insert the floppy is only 4 lines high, but it scrolls, even though there's no scroll bar. Use the down arrow key on the keyboard to see more drivers.


There is only 3 lines to the driver list that I see.

jitpublisher said:
There are a couple of options in your regular BIOS that you should check to make sure that BIOS is set to boot from the newly created array. After you have setup your RAID 0 array in the RAID BIOS, go into the regular BIOS and check first under you SATA controllers that the RAID array is set to display the array as a bootable disk. Then check to make sure under your regular BIOS settings that the RAID array is listed as a bootable option, if you have everything enabled correctly, it should now be an option under your boot order list.
Check under your SATA options for these settings....
There will be something like "RAID as Storage" or "RAID as IDE", or "BOOTABLE", or something like that. Be sure you have the array set as IDE or Bootable.
Then check to make sure in list of boot options that you have your DVD or CD first, and the RAID array as second boot device.



I can see the Raid in the boot sequence after i created it.

When i downloaded the driver on the link i gave you, there is 2 floppy creator. One for 64bit and one for 32bit. I tried both. The 32bit does the error that say that there is no disk. The 64bit say that the file iaStor.sys is corrupt. In the readme that come with the driver it say to use the 32bit with 32bit PROCESSOR (not O/S) and to use 64bit with 64bit PROCESSOR (not O/S). But on some forum people say to use the 32bit with 32bit o/s.
August 5, 2007 6:12:11 PM

in general, though im sure you know, but only the 32bit drivers would be used with a 32bit os, and only the 64bit drivers would be used with a 64bit os. a 32bit os wouldnt 'recognize' and be able to make much use of the 64bit driver, extensions, address space, etc... i guess even the same thing applies to the 64bit os when trying to use a 32bit driver. (though wow64 gets around that somewhat, by allowing 32bit compatability in a 64bit os, but that only really applies mainly to applications that im aware)

the thing about current 64bit cpus, is theyre also 32bit capable natively (x86-64), so really your only real limitation then is going to be which os you choose to use
August 6, 2007 12:49:59 AM

Thank you very much for all the help. I resolve my problem by creating a cd of windows xp with nlite integrating the sata driver that i had on the floppy and it works.
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