TX2 installed and xp will not boot ?????

[rclarke]

I was running win2k with a promise tx2 and 2 wd 120 gig drives
with no problems.

I removed all my hardware except video, ram and 1 hardrive to install
windows xp slip stream sp1.

I have put the whole system back together except for the raid array,
taking hours and hours to install, configure etc.

I installed the tx2 winxp drivers - or at least I assume so, no
instructions, right clicked the file and selected install.

When I put the tx2 card in, no drives attached, winxp will not start.
So I tried it with the 2 drives attached, winxp will not start.
It sees the card in both cases in the bios and says the raid array is
functional when the drives are attached.

I understand that during the install of xp you can add 3rd. party
sata and raid drivers. I'm certainly not reinstalling everything to do
that and obviously have not installed the os on the raid array so
not sure if that is even necessary...

Been dejaing and searching the web for over and hour and
really not getting anywhere. Can anyway help me out here ?
will windows every get its shit together ?

thanks

 

[Svend Olaf Mikkelsen]

I was running win2k with a promise tx2 and 2 wd 120 gig drives
with no problems.

I removed all my hardware except video, ram and 1 hardrive to install
windows xp slip stream sp1.

I have put the whole system back together except for the raid array,
taking hours and hours to install, configure etc.

I installed the tx2 winxp drivers - or at least I assume so, no
instructions, right clicked the file and selected install.

When I put the tx2 card in, no drives attached, winxp will not start.
So I tried it with the 2 drives attached, winxp will not start.
It sees the card in both cases in the bios and says the raid array is
functional when the drives are attached.

I understand that during the install of xp you can add 3rd. party
sata and raid drivers. I'm certainly not reinstalling everything to do
that and obviously have not installed the os on the raid array so
not sure if that is even necessary...

Been dejaing and searching the web for over and hour and
really not getting anywhere. Can anyway help me out here ?
will windows every get its shit together ?

thanks

May I ask how Windows XP would not start?

And which brand of disks you have on the controller?

 

[Irwin]

I assume that when you say winxp won't start, that means it won't even
boot into it. On the other hand, if you mean that xp boots but crashes,
then you need to specify that. If it won't start at all, I can only
assume your bios is trying to boot off the controller card. Isn't there
somewhere in your bios that you can tell it to not do that?

Irwin

 

[Arno Wagner]

I was running win2k with a promise tx2 and 2 wd 120 gig drives
with no problems.

I removed all my hardware except video, ram and 1 hardrive to install
windows xp slip stream sp1.

I have put the whole system back together except for the raid array,
taking hours and hours to install, configure etc.

I installed the tx2 winxp drivers - or at least I assume so, no
instructions, right clicked the file and selected install.

When I put the tx2 card in, no drives attached, winxp will not start.

That is strange. The tx2 BIOS disables itself if it does not find
drives. Does the BIOS message from the controller show?
How far does the booting get?

So I tried it with the 2 drives attached, winxp will not start.
It sees the card in both cases in the bios and says the raid array is
functional when the drives are attached.

I understand that during the install of xp you can add 3rd. party
sata and raid drivers. I'm certainly not reinstalling everything to do
that and obviously have not installed the os on the raid array so
not sure if that is even necessary...

Been dejaing and searching the web for over and hour and
really not getting anywhere. Can anyway help me out here ?
will windows every get its shit together ?

Not until the customer demands it. At the moment the customer
might have just noticed dimmly that there are alternatives out
there (MAC, Linux), but has yet failed to see that they are
actually better.

The basic problem that you (I think) are seeing is that Windows
tries to hide the details of a complex operation from the user.
That is only a good idea if the complex operation is _very_
reliable. Booting changed hardware configurations can be
a problem on all general purpose hardware, but Linux does at
least show you that. The MACs get around the problem by having
Apple hardware.

Arno