Can't boot from SATA raid array.

[Rolf Aslaksen]

Hi,

I've installed WinXP Pro x64 on Soltek SL-NF4PRO-939 MB with
the nVidia nForce4 CK804 chipset and AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU.

There's four Diamond Max 200GB SATA in a 0+1 raid array.

The latest 64 bits sata-raid driver from nVidia is installed.

After re-booting, the system can't find the raid array and hence
won't start.

When, in the boot process, pushing F10 and entering the raid set-up
utility, it's reported that the array is bootable and healthy.


Any suggestion would be much appreciated.
Regards
Rolf Aslaksen

 

[Sven]

You should post x64 questions to an x64 newsgroup.

Did you set your BIOS to boot from the array?

Steve

 

[Rolf Aslaksen]

You should post x64 questions to an x64 newsgroup.

Yes, but isn't this a general question not related to the
number of bits the OS is built for?

Did you set your BIOS to boot from the array?

I set the MB BIOS to first boot from the HDD, it can't see
if it's an arry or not.

Regards
Rolf

 

[Sven]

Rolf:
Problems with Device Drivers are, indeed, directly related to the number of
OS bits.
Visit a 64-bit newsgroup -- you may discover that your problem is well known
there.

You seem, however, to have mis-configured your Boot Options in the
motherboard BIOS.
"First hard drive" is not the correct configuration. "Boot SCSI", or
something similar, is the correct boot selection, but very likely you will
also have to enter Advanced BIOS settings to ENABLE 'Boot from RAID', or
whatever your manufacturer calls it.
You are going to have to READ the manual for your motherboard, in
particular, BIOS settings, to determine how to set it up to boot from a SATA
RAID Array.

Steve

 

[JLM]

Steve,

This may be a bit long-winded but I am at my wits end.

I have just bought the Gigabyte 8I945P-Pro, I am trying two set up two
SATA drives in raid 0 and am having problems every step of the way.
This is the first time I have tried to build a barebones system, as
such am
kind of learning on the job as it were.
I understand that if one drive fails you loose everything, so
it is twice as likely to happen, but will keep everything backed up.
Have connected my sata drives sequentially, but maybe this is
incorrect? I understand the basic theory behind Raid, but did not
realise that it only benefited certain applications, could you expand
on this (give me some examples?). Is XP able to install on a raid
array?
Or does the array need to be separate to the boot drive?
Have enabled the SATA
controller, and the Gigaraid function in the bios. Entered raid setup
(Ctrl I) and created my raid volume. And put the drivers on a floppy
(intel matrix - am assuming this is the correct one? - Intel chipset
ICH7R - if not this is probably my problem and could someone please
advise). Pressed F6 during windows installation, then loaded the
drivers, windows recognises the raid volume, and then formats. After
reboot, windows begins installing but fails (blue screen of death),
It loads most of the "Installing Devices" section and then comes up
with "Stop Error: 0x000000F4". Do you have any suggestions (other than
giving up that is).
Any help would be much appreciated, as I have said I am
fairly new to all this, so please bear with me if I'm making an obvious

mistake. Still don't understand why it recognises the volume, formats
it and then fails during the second boot.

 

[JLM]

Steve,

This may be a bit long-winded but I am at my wits end.

I have just bought the Gigabyte 8I945P-Pro, I am trying two set up two
SATA drives in raid 0 and am having problems every step of the way.
This is the first time I have tried to build a barebones system, as
such am
kind of learning on the job as it were.
I understand that if one drive fails you loose everything, so
it is twice as likely to happen, but will keep everything backed up.
Have connected my sata drives sequentially, but maybe this is
incorrect? I understand the basic theory behind Raid, but did not
realise that it only benefited certain applications, could you expand
on this (give me some examples?). Is XP able to install on a raid
array?
Or does the array need to be separate to the boot drive?
Have enabled the SATA
controller, and the Gigaraid function in the bios. Entered raid setup
(Ctrl I) and created my raid volume. And put the drivers on a floppy
(intel matrix - am assuming this is the correct one? - Intel chipset
ICH7R - if not this is probably my problem and could someone please
advise). Pressed F6 during windows installation, then loaded the
drivers, windows recognises the raid volume, and then formats. After
reboot, windows begins installing but fails (blue screen of death),
It loads most of the "Installing Devices" section and then comes up
with "Stop Error: 0x000000F4". Do you have any suggestions (other than
giving up that is).
Any help would be much appreciated, as I have said I am
fairly new to all this, so please bear with me if I'm making an obvious

mistake. Still don't understand why it recognises the volume, formats
it and then fails during the second boot.

 

[JLM]

Steve,

This may be a bit long-winded but I am at my wits end.

I have just bought the Gigabyte 8I945P-Pro, I am trying two set up two
SATA drives in raid 0 and am having problems every step of the way.
This is the first time I have tried to build a barebones system, as
such am
kind of learning on the job as it were.
I understand that if one drive fails you loose everything, so
it is twice as likely to happen, but will keep everything backed up.
Have connected my sata drives sequentially, but maybe this is
incorrect? I understand the basic theory behind Raid, but did not
realise that it only benefited certain applications, could you expand
on this (give me some examples?). Is XP able to install on a raid
array?
Or does the array need to be separate to the boot drive?
Have enabled the SATA
controller, and the Gigaraid function in the bios. Entered raid setup
(Ctrl I) and created my raid volume. And put the drivers on a floppy
(intel matrix - am assuming this is the correct one? - Intel chipset
ICH7R - if not this is probably my problem and could someone please
advise). Pressed F6 during windows installation, then loaded the
drivers, windows recognises the raid volume, and then formats. After
reboot, windows begins installing but fails (blue screen of death),
It loads most of the "Installing Devices" section and then comes up
with "Stop Error: 0x000000F4". Do you have any suggestions (other than
giving up that is).
Any help would be much appreciated, as I have said I am
fairly new to all this, so please bear with me if I'm making an obvious

mistake. Still don't understand why it recognises the volume, formats
it and then fails during the second boot.