KT7 RAID partition

[clunk]

Date Posted: Sep/04/2000 6:35 PM

Just installed two Quantum LM30 disks on an Abit KT7-RAID and I was trying to format the C: partition (fdisk'ed first). When I try to enter the format command (after booting into DOS from startup disk), the C partition counts up to 100% on the format step, then stops dead while displaying:

Writing out file allocation table
0 percent completed

At this point, the 'puter locks up hard (no Ctrl-alt-del available) and must be reset to continue. Any ideas???

Thanks

BTW - Although capable of running faster, I have the Tbird set at the stock 800MHz for this procedure.

 

[clunk]

Bueller? Bueller?

 

[ogn]

Which controller do you have these hooked up to? Also are you running it in Raid0 if you have them on the Raid? More info please.

 

[clunk]

I'm attempting to hook them up to the Highpoint controller (both set as master on their own channel). They are set to RAID 0 in the Highpoint bios with 64K clusters. I will eventually load Win98 SE onto them, but I don't think that's an issue since I boot off of the DOS startup disk.

I have already installed Win98 SE onto a WD 20GB HD attached to the VIA controller, but this is disabled when I boot off the DOS disk.

Thanks for any help.

 

[clunk]

In case anyone's interested, the tech support guy at Highpoint (the RAID controller on the KT7) gave me a couple of suggestions. Turns out that the RAID controller was unhappy sharing an IRQ with my Hollywood+. Once I moved this out of slot 5 (which shares an IRQ with the Highpoint), formatting proceeded smoothly.

Now I have to figure out why Norton's Ghost utility doesn't want to copy a partition to the RAID setup ...