Hi guys...Yes, you are probably thinking, "oh boy...another newbie has a problem setting up his RAID array..." Well, yes, I am, but trust me when I say that I have read everything I can possibly find about Win2k and RAID and I still can't diagnose the problem. You guys seems to be pretty helpful, so I thought I'd post the problem here.
OK, the install of Win2k (and also Win98SE) hangs when I try to install it on my 2x IBM Deskstar 60GXP 40GB HDs in RAID 0...they are connected to an EP-DR02P3 ATA/100 Raid pci controller card. The install gets to the formatting/checking drive/installing phase (it varies) and the locks up. Yes, I push F6 and install the drivers from the included disk. The disks seem to work OK in DOS too. I have tried running fdisk and format.com before thw Win2k install and just letting Win2k do that by itself, but it locks up just the same. It's not a bad CD, because I installed it on one of the hard drives when I connected it to my motherboard IDE channel...Needless to say, this is very frustrating...
ANY comments and/or suggestions would be GREATLY appreaciated...I didn't pay extra money for the extra HD and controller card so they could sit around and take up desk space...
Thanks in advance,
Craig
OK, the install of Win2k (and also Win98SE) hangs when I try to install it on my 2x IBM Deskstar 60GXP 40GB HDs in RAID 0...they are connected to an EP-DR02P3 ATA/100 Raid pci controller card. The install gets to the formatting/checking drive/installing phase (it varies) and the locks up. Yes, I push F6 and install the drivers from the included disk. The disks seem to work OK in DOS too. I have tried running fdisk and format.com before thw Win2k install and just letting Win2k do that by itself, but it locks up just the same. It's not a bad CD, because I installed it on one of the hard drives when I connected it to my motherboard IDE channel...Needless to say, this is very frustrating...
ANY comments and/or suggestions would be GREATLY appreaciated...I didn't pay extra money for the extra HD and controller card so they could sit around and take up desk space...
Thanks in advance,
Craig
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