Slipstreaming SATA drivers

[Chris Morrison]

Hi all,

I am trying to install Windows XP Pro. on a PC with an on-board Serial
ATA RAID interface fitted to the motherboard. The computer's one and
only hard drive is connected to this.

Windows does not have the drivers for this SATA card, and the PC does
not have a floppy drive, so I CANNOT press F6 and load the drivers from
a floppy when the text phase of setup starts.

I have created my own custom bootable Windows XP Setup CDROM and I have
placed the drivers for the SATA card in the i386\DRIVER.CAB file.

My CDROM boots fine and setup starts as it should, but setup will not
load the drivers for the SATA card, and still halts with the "Setup
cannot find any hard drives attached to this computer" screen.

What have I missed?



Chris

 

[Chris Morrison]

Hi all,

I am trying to install Windows XP Pro. on a PC with an on-board Serial
ATA RAID interface fitted to the motherboard. The computer's one and
only hard drive is connected to this.

Windows does not have the drivers for this SATA card, and the PC does
not have a floppy drive, so I CANNOT press F6 and load the drivers from
a floppy when the text phase of setup starts.

I have created my own custom bootable Windows XP Setup CDROM and I have
placed the drivers for the SATA card in the i386\DRIVER.CAB file.

My CDROM boots fine and setup starts as it should, but setup will not
load the drivers for the SATA card, and still halts with the "Setup
cannot find any hard drives attached to this computer" screen.

What have I missed?

I've also tried burning a CD with the driver files in the i386 folder as
well. This has not worked either.

If anyone would like to hazard a guess, please feel free.


Chris

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Slipstreaming SATA/RAID Drivers
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| Hi all,
|
| I am trying to install Windows XP Pro. on a PC with an on-board Serial
| ATA RAID interface fitted to the motherboard. The computer's one and
| only hard drive is connected to this.
|
| Windows does not have the drivers for this SATA card, and the PC does
| not have a floppy drive, so I CANNOT press F6 and load the drivers from
| a floppy when the text phase of setup starts.
|
| I have created my own custom bootable Windows XP Setup CDROM and I have
| placed the drivers for the SATA card in the i386\DRIVER.CAB file.
|
| My CDROM boots fine and setup starts as it should, but setup will not
| load the drivers for the SATA card, and still halts with the "Setup
| cannot find any hard drives attached to this computer" screen.
|
| What have I missed?
|
| Chris