I'm installing WinXP Pro SP2 on a new system. I'm having trouble getting the RAID-0 on my (2) WD Raptor 74GB HD's to be recognized during the Windows install. My Supermicro X7DAE motherboard has an Intel ESB2 SATA RAID controller onboard, and the bios gives me an option to use Intel HostRAID or Adaptec HostRAID.
I've tried using both the Intel and Adaptec controllers, setting up each and the array's were recognized at boot. During setup, I installed the 3rd party controller specifying the 'Intel ESB2 SATA RAID" from my floppy for both Intel & Adaptec (there is an Adaptec SAS/SATA RAID controller, but it seems to prefer the Intel one). During the Windows install, using Intel controller, 2 drive shows up, so the array is not recognized. If I do specify one of the drives to install to, it fails during the format, "Setup was unable to format the partition." Using the Adaptec controller, a single drive is recognized, however it has the same error formating the drive.
What could be going on here?
I've tried using both the Intel and Adaptec controllers, setting up each and the array's were recognized at boot. During setup, I installed the 3rd party controller specifying the 'Intel ESB2 SATA RAID" from my floppy for both Intel & Adaptec (there is an Adaptec SAS/SATA RAID controller, but it seems to prefer the Intel one). During the Windows install, using Intel controller, 2 drive shows up, so the array is not recognized. If I do specify one of the drives to install to, it fails during the format, "Setup was unable to format the partition." Using the Adaptec controller, a single drive is recognized, however it has the same error formating the drive.
What could be going on here?
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