Windows Setup on a Raptor

[MDE]

I just ordered my Raptor today and should have it in a couple of days. I know about setting the BIOS to boot off SCSI, and the F6 to install third party RAID drivers while installing Windows, but how do I create the disk? Just unzip the Silicon Image drivers onto a floppy? I'm using an Asus A7N8X Deluxe with the Silicon Image SATA chip.

Did anyone else notice that SATA+N= SATAN? Just a thought .

 

[Jeff7181]

You don't need to tell it to boot SCSI first. The SATA controller takes presedence over the IDE controllers. And I downloaded the SATA driver from the Silicon Image website, not from Asus. IIRC you just unzip a file to a floppy disk and have it in the drive when you're installing Windows.

 

[MDE]

Is there an issue with the Asus SATA driver? Anywho, good to hear that it's not a complicated involved process. Is there any way to get Windows Setup to read the drivers off a CD? Off to find my long forgotten floppy drive...

 

[helpme]

Originally posted by: MonkeyDriveExpress
Is there an issue with the Asus SATA driver? Anywho, good to hear that it's not a complicated involved process. Is there any way to get Windows Setup to read the drivers off a CD? Off to find my long forgotten floppy drive...

I think you need the floppy

 

[OverVolt]

You need the file "TextSetup.OEM" on the Floppy along with the drivers. For me F6 didn't work, nothing happends, but then it came up later with a dialog saying it couldn't run the drive w/o drivers and then i slipped them in.

 

[mattg3]

I've got 2 raptors in raid 0 on an a7n8x deluxe. I just copied all of the sata files in the sata folder on the mainboard cd to a floppy and then hit the appropriate button to load a 3rd party driver. Worked simple as can be (I'm sure I didn't need to copy over all of the files from the SATA driver folder but, they all fit so, why not?)

Matt