RAID grrrr

jmke · 4th September 2006, 13:34

are you 100% sure you are using the correct driver?

jmke · 4th September 2006, 13:46

that board has both Intel raid and SilicionImage raid chips, the Silicon Image is 4 connectors , the Intel only 2.

most likely you are using the incorrect driver; try the silicon image one from this page http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/dr...es=1&model=130

try the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver or the SiliconImage one(s)

jmke · 4th September 2006, 13:50

try the Intel RAID driver then, the disk you downloaded doesn't hold the drivers I think, it's only for config

jmke · 4th September 2006, 13:57

from my link, download the " Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver" , unzip the contents of the .zip to the root of a floppy and use it during the XP setup

jmke · 4th September 2006, 14:17

hmm :/

try http://www.pcworld.no/index.cfm?fuse...DB5&download=1

jmke · 4th September 2006, 14:36

You will be prompted to Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A: When prompted, insert the floppy disk containing the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM and press the Enter key.

jmke · 4th September 2006, 14:38

jackpot!

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=13173

Quote:

I'm using an IC7-Max3 motherboard which contains 4 SATA ports controlled by a Silicon Image 3114 chip as well as 2 other SATA connections controlled by the ICH5R southbridge. I currently have two SATA hard drives in RAID0 on the Intel controller. Installing Windows to disks on either the Intel or SI controllers requires an "F6" driver before the disks are even visible to the OS. Just to cover all the bases, I added both the SI and Intel drivers to this CD.

jmke · 4th September 2006, 18:10

you don't need to follow those instructions by the letter; you only need to download these files : ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-suppo...aar353_enu.exe

The first thing to do is obtain the driver files that we need. AFAIK Silicon Image doesn't provide generic drivers on their website; you have to go to the mfg of your particular board. I got mine from Abit here. There are a couple places to get the ICH5R drivers. You can get them out of the Intel Application Accel. package, the Intel "F6" diskette creation utility, or your OEM. Since we're trying to avoid using a floppy strike the diskette utility and let us use the IAA Package.

after you extracted the IAA package, place these files on a floppy:

iastor.sys
iaStor.cat
iastor.inf
txtsetup.oem

done.

4th September 2006, 19:17

Try nLite, it allows to integrate drivers in the setup (and change lots of other things).
Normaly it should work, but a while ago (v0.7x ? ) it caused loads of read/write errors during setup.

jmke · 5th September 2006, 21:30

great news

remember that RAID 1 only protects against HDD failure , not data corruption or software error. if your purpose is to just create a fail safe for your "my documents" folder, a simply copy/paste/replace script from C: to D: will work out more effectively

4th September 2006, 13:34	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	are you 100% sure you are using the correct driver? __________________

4th September 2006, 13:46	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	that board has both Intel raid and SilicionImage raid chips, the Silicon Image is 4 connectors , the Intel only 2. most likely you are using the incorrect driver; try the silicon image one from this page http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/dr...es=1&model=130 try the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver or the SiliconImage one(s) __________________

4th September 2006, 13:50	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	try the Intel RAID driver then, the disk you downloaded doesn't hold the drivers I think, it's only for config __________________

4th September 2006, 13:57	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	from my link, download the " Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver" , unzip the contents of the .zip to the root of a floppy and use it during the XP setup __________________

4th September 2006, 14:17	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	hmm :/ try http://www.pcworld.no/index.cfm?fuse...DB5&download=1 __________________

4th September 2006, 14:36	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	You will be prompted to Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A: When prompted, insert the floppy disk containing the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM and press the Enter key. __________________

4th September 2006, 18:10	#8
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	you don't need to follow those instructions by the letter; you only need to download these files : ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-suppo...aar353_enu.exe The first thing to do is obtain the driver files that we need. AFAIK Silicon Image doesn't provide generic drivers on their website; you have to go to the mfg of your particular board. I got mine from Abit here. There are a couple places to get the ICH5R drivers. You can get them out of the Intel Application Accel. package, the Intel "F6" diskette creation utility, or your OEM. Since we're trying to avoid using a floppy strike the diskette utility and let us use the IAA Package. after you extracted the IAA package, place these files on a floppy: iastor.sys iaStor.cat iastor.inf txtsetup.oem done. __________________

4th September 2006, 19:17	#9
wutske Posts: n/a	Try nLite, it allows to integrate drivers in the setup (and change lots of other things). Normaly it should work, but a while ago (v0.7x ? ) it caused loads of read/write errors during setup.

5th September 2006, 21:30	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	great news remember that RAID 1 only protects against HDD failure , not data corruption or software error. if your purpose is to just create a fail safe for your "my documents" folder, a simply copy/paste/replace script from C: to D: will work out more effectively __________________

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