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Les Walker
I'm trying to install a separate XP system on the second partition of
my Promise SATA raid set. I have 75 gb unallocated on the second
partition of the drive.
When I try booting the XP CDROM it doesn't show me the unallocated
space on the drive. Only the partition on which my current system
resides. I've tried creating the partition using PartitionMagic. I've
even tried creating a second primary partition on the disk. No go. The
XP installation sees nothing here but the current boot partition.
I tried running setup from the existing system and telling it to copy
the setup files to the new partition -- which is now formatted with
NTFS -- that goes well with the system rebooting and starting the
stand-alone install off the copied files. At some point in this process
it tries to boot XP to continue the setup process and I get a blue
screen. It says something about not being able to initialize a process.
Questions:
Should I be able to see the unallocated space at the end of this drive
when installing XP off the CDROM? Is this an aberation due to the
fasttrack raid controller or would windows be too obtuse to see it
anyway?
Is there something inherent with the setup process that won't allow it
to take place on the second partition of the disk? Or else, again, is
this because of the fasttrack drive controller.
-- Les Walker
my Promise SATA raid set. I have 75 gb unallocated on the second
partition of the drive.
When I try booting the XP CDROM it doesn't show me the unallocated
space on the drive. Only the partition on which my current system
resides. I've tried creating the partition using PartitionMagic. I've
even tried creating a second primary partition on the disk. No go. The
XP installation sees nothing here but the current boot partition.
I tried running setup from the existing system and telling it to copy
the setup files to the new partition -- which is now formatted with
NTFS -- that goes well with the system rebooting and starting the
stand-alone install off the copied files. At some point in this process
it tries to boot XP to continue the setup process and I get a blue
screen. It says something about not being able to initialize a process.
Questions:
Should I be able to see the unallocated space at the end of this drive
when installing XP off the CDROM? Is this an aberation due to the
fasttrack raid controller or would windows be too obtuse to see it
anyway?
Is there something inherent with the setup process that won't allow it
to take place on the second partition of the disk? Or else, again, is
this because of the fasttrack drive controller.
-- Les Walker