I am trying to install Windows 2000 Pro on a workstation with an Iwill DVD266 to boot from a mirrored partition attached to a 3Ware Escalade 6000 IDE RAID Card.
I have no problem configuring the array according to the directions provided by the manufacturer. Booting from the CD-ROM, I hit F6 during the installation and installed the 3Ware drivers--apparently successfully, since I was able to create an NTFS partition on the array. Windows setup copies files and then restarts.
My problem is that I have tried every boot sequence in the BIOS, but I can't seem to boot from the RAID array after the restart. There is a boot from SCSI first option in the BIOS, but that doesn't seem to work. This may be because it is finding a SCSI CD controller instead of the 3Ware card.
The only thing I can think to try is to rearrange the PCI slots. Currently slot 1 contains an Adaptec 2930 (controlling a SCSI CD-R and SCSI DVD), slot 2 contains the 3Ware card. I am hoping that if I place the 3Ware card ahead of the Adaptec card, then tell the system to boot from SCSI, it will find this card. 3Ware documentation is not at all helpful.
Does the system in fact give priority to the card in the earlier PCI slot? What would be the optimal order to fill the PCI slots? I also have a Sound Card and a Modem.
Any help would be appreciated.
I have no problem configuring the array according to the directions provided by the manufacturer. Booting from the CD-ROM, I hit F6 during the installation and installed the 3Ware drivers--apparently successfully, since I was able to create an NTFS partition on the array. Windows setup copies files and then restarts.
My problem is that I have tried every boot sequence in the BIOS, but I can't seem to boot from the RAID array after the restart. There is a boot from SCSI first option in the BIOS, but that doesn't seem to work. This may be because it is finding a SCSI CD controller instead of the 3Ware card.
The only thing I can think to try is to rearrange the PCI slots. Currently slot 1 contains an Adaptec 2930 (controlling a SCSI CD-R and SCSI DVD), slot 2 contains the 3Ware card. I am hoping that if I place the 3Ware card ahead of the Adaptec card, then tell the system to boot from SCSI, it will find this card. 3Ware documentation is not at all helpful.
Does the system in fact give priority to the card in the earlier PCI slot? What would be the optimal order to fill the PCI slots? I also have a Sound Card and a Modem.
Any help would be appreciated.
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