M2N-SLI Deluxe - RAID issue?

On Jan 14, 2:40 pm, Fitz <akf....DeleteThis@gci.net> wrote:
> Mista Mista (CNorman) wrote:
> > I've just bought the M2N-SLI Deluxe board and am having trouble
> > getting the system to recognize the RAID 0 set up I have (two WD 80 GB
> > drives). Anyone else have similar issues?
>
> > I've created the RAID diskette and have followed the instructions/
> > directions, but when installing Windows, there is no recognized drive
> > for the system to install the OS to.
>
> > Ideas?
>
> Did you enable RAID in the BIOS and create an array?
>
> Fitz
>


Yeah, enabled RAID in the BIOS on SATA 1 & 2, created a striped array
and set it to boot. The array shows up healthy but isn't found when
trying to install XP! I booted off the XP disc, loaded the RAID driver
from the floppy (F6 when the XP install begins) and when it finally
comes to the install part, it says there aren't any volumes to install
XP on. Only option is to quit the install...

Odd. I've not seen this problem before.

- Christopher
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> Yeah, enabled RAID in the BIOS on SATA 1 & 2, created a striped array
> and set it to boot. The array shows up healthy but isn't found when
> trying to install XP! I booted off the XP disc, loaded the RAID driver
> from the floppy (F6 when the XP install begins) and when it finally
> comes to the install part, it says there aren't any volumes to install
> XP on. Only option is to quit the install...
>
> Odd. I've not seen this problem before.
>
> - Christopher

Try disconnecting any other harddrives from the computer. In the BIOS,
under the Boot menu, in Hard Drives, make sure the array shows up as
SCSI-0. For install of Windows, set boot priority to 1 CD 2 Hard
Drive 3 Removable (or floppy). If you have the Western Digital
Lifeguard bootable CD, go ahead and format the hard drives. Install Windows.

Hope this helps. Usually it's just some setting that's been missed. Hope
this helps.

Fitz
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You ought to treat it well
But you trash the place and rent it out
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Christopher wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2:40 pm, Fitz <akf....DeleteThis@gci.net> wrote:
>> Mista Mista (CNorman) wrote:
>>> I've just bought the M2N-SLI Deluxe board and am having trouble
>>> getting the system to recognize the RAID 0 set up I have (two WD 80 GB
>>> drives). Anyone else have similar issues?
>>> I've created the RAID diskette and have followed the instructions/
>>> directions, but when installing Windows, there is no recognized drive
>>> for the system to install the OS to.
>>> Ideas?
>> Did you enable RAID in the BIOS and create an array?
>>
>> Fitz
>>
>
>
> Yeah, enabled RAID in the BIOS on SATA 1 & 2, created a striped array
> and set it to boot. The array shows up healthy but isn't found when
> trying to install XP! I booted off the XP disc, loaded the RAID driver
> from the floppy (F6 when the XP install begins) and when it finally
> comes to the install part, it says there aren't any volumes to install
> XP on. Only option is to quit the install...
>
> Odd. I've not seen this problem before.
>
> - Christopher

Were the disks previously used for something else ?

I've had to erase a disk in Linux with "dd", before I could get
it to work right in Windows. The whole disk doesn't need to be erased.
Something like:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=10000 bs=512

You'd need to verify where the raw hard drive is located, to select
"hda" or whatever the correct name is for the raw drive. I can't
remember whether I did this using my Knoppix or Ubuntu boot CDs.
It was one of the two.

Then you'd go back to the BIOS, and set up the array again.

Paul
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On Jan 14, 6:45 pm, Paul <nos....RemoveThis@needed.com> wrote:
> Christopher wrote:
> > On Jan 14, 2:40 pm, Fitz <akf....RemoveThis@gci.net> wrote:
> >> Mista Mista (CNorman) wrote:
> >>> I've just bought the M2N-SLI Deluxe board and am having trouble
> >>> getting the system to recognize the RAID 0 set up I have (two WD 80 GB
> >>> drives). Anyone else have similar issues?
> >>> I've created the RAID diskette and have followed the instructions/
> >>> directions, but when installing Windows, there is no recognized drive
> >>> for the system to install the OS to.
> >>> Ideas?
> >> Did you enable RAID in the BIOS and create an array?
>
> >> Fitz
>
> > Yeah, enabled RAID in the BIOS on SATA 1 & 2, created a striped array
> > and set it to boot. The array shows up healthy but isn't found when
> > trying to install XP! I booted off the XP disc, loaded the RAID driver
> > from the floppy (F6 when the XP install begins) and when it finally
> > comes to the install part, it says there aren't any volumes to install
> > XP on. Only option is to quit the install...
>
> > Odd. I've not seen this problem before.
>
> > - Christopher
>
> Were the disks previously used for something else ?
>
> I've had to erase a disk in Linux with "dd", before I could get
> it to work right in Windows. The whole disk doesn't need to be erased.
> Something like:
>
>     dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=10000 bs=512
>
> You'd need to verify where the raw hard drive is located, to select
> "hda" or whatever the correct name is for the raw drive. I can't
> remember whether I did this using my Knoppix or Ubuntu boot CDs.
> It was one of the two.
>
> Then you'd go back to the BIOS, and set up the array again.
>
>     Paul- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I'm still hammering away at it. I've actually tried another RAID 0 set
that I have working in another computer and it's not booting from
their either. Since my initial posting, I've kept the array, but put
it secondary to a single HD install, just so I can get XP rolling.
Last night I noticed that the array was healthy and noticed by the
NVidia storage manager, but not in the Disk managent section of the
Computer Management snap-in. Also the Device manager is showing that
the RAID array isn't installed... and this is after I've installed
every driver I could squeeze out of the system boards' driver disc.

I'm going to play with it again tonight and see how I fare - just odd.
I've not had trouble like this before with a RAID config.

I'll post again when the computer's in front of me and am making any
headway.
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