Windows Installer Doesn't See my Raid?

[bluearchtop]

Hi Xperts, I have a MSI mobo w/ an onboard RAID. I have 2 drives in the raid slots. When i start up, FastTrack can see both the drives and the raid is functional. I boot off the Windows CD to install XP and when i hit Enter to start the installation, it tells me that Windows doesn't see any drives (yet fasstrack sees them). What did I do wrong? Thanks.

 

[johnjkr1]

Did you press F6 to install the fasttrack drivers? That may not be necessary, I have never tried your card.

 

[bluearchtop]

Yeah, what should happen when I hit F6 when I am prompted? It doesn't do anything different. I thought it would ask me to load in my floppy w/ the drivers? But nothing.....

What if I un-raid it and install on one drive, then raid it after the install, woudl that work?

 

[peter7921]

Originally posted by: bluearchtop
Yeah, what should happen when I hit F6 when I am prompted? It doesn't do anything different. I thought it would ask me to load in my floppy w/ the drivers? But nothing.....

What if I un-raid it and install on one drive, then raid it after the install, woudl that work?

Your doing something wrong then, you have to press F6 when your prompted but it won't ask you to install drivers till its done the initial loading.

PS make sure you hit F6 exactly when it prompts not before or after.

 

[bluearchtop]

yeah, i swear, i did that like 5 times, it doesn't recognize my f6, it's really weird. it recognizes my other key strokes, so it's not the keyboard.

 

[charloscarlies]

Originally posted by: bluearchtop
yeah, i swear, i did that like 5 times, it doesn't recognize my f6, it's really weird. it recognizes my other key strokes, so it's not the keyboard.

Well it's still going to go through like normal even after you hit F6. It will just prompt you to load the drivers after it's finished with what it's doing. Go ahead and hit F6 a couple times when it prompts you. Is your keyboard on the PS/2 port or USB?

And no you can't install your os on one drive and set it up in RAID later.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: bluearchtop
yeah, i swear, i did that like 5 times, it doesn't recognize my f6, it's really weird. it recognizes my other key strokes, so it's not the keyboard.

It's possible your F6 key is FUBAR then, so swap with a working keyboard.

 

[TerryMathews]

Is your keyboard USB? If so, is Legacy USB keyboard emulation enabled in the BIOS?

 

[Confused]

And press F6 lots of times, a couple of times per second while the prompt is there.

Sometimes I find it doesn't register it if you just press it once.


Confused

 

[SpunkyJones]

I had the same problem when I was using a USB keyboard, try using a PS/2 keyboard.