Need help with promise driver load Raid0 on Soyo Dragon+ for Win2K/XP install!!!

[jhites]

Any help please Just put together a new system using the Dragon plus mobo and 2 maxtor 40gig drives in Raid0.

When trying to install the OS, I hit the F6 key to load the promise drivers and nothing happens. I get a screen after loading more files that tells me "devices found" NONE and says to press S for manufacturer disk install. I press S and moves to the screen for insert disk in drive A: for driver install. It starts loading from drive A: and gives me the choice of Promise FastTrack Lite for Windows 2000. I select it hit enter and then I get an error message that says "fasttrack.sys has error" and will not load the promise fasttrack drivers for my raid0 setup.

This is my first time for a Raid0 setup. Loaded Win2K 7,462,398 times but always without a Raid configuration. Just kidding - trying to make lite of a very frustrated miffed off situation.

I have the BIOS set to boot sequence 1-cdrom 2-scsi and promise controller enabled. I did set up the promise as performance/desktop and when I boot I get the drive 1* promise screen showing the two 40gig maxtors as a 73gig single drive ?????

What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

edit: Also, have already flashed to the kvxa2ba BIOS.

 

[bacillus]

have you tried downloading a new set of drivers from promise just in case, as windows is suggesting, one of your present files is corrupt/damaged!

 

[jhites]

Yes - I have tried 3 different disks with promise files. From download at Soyo website and from the install cd. Even tried to load without the F6 key to win locate. No go.

 

[Kilrsat]

Make sure your driver floppy has this directory structure:

in a:\
fasttrak
txtsetup.oem

in a:\win2000\
evian.sys
fasttrak.cat
fasttrak.inf
fasttrak.sys

If you put the second group of 4 files in the root of the floppy you get an error, so make sure they're in their own "Win2000" folder.

 

[jhites]

Kilrsat

That was it. I was putting the files all on A: with no sub directories.
WinXP install went perfect without any problems.

Thank You for your help!!!!