SATA Drivers Not Loading During GUI Setup Stage

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Hi All,

I am trying to put "Documents and Settings" onto my SATA (D:) drive along
with Inetpub. I have successfully been able to slipstream the SATA drivers
into my Windows Installation CD such that
a. During text mode they are detected (I know this because I can select the
SATA drive as the Windows installation drive during Text Mode.)
b. Upon first login I can see the SATA drive.

The problem is that during GUI Setup mode the disk appears to be unavailable.
a. I get an error well before T-12 that effectively Inetpub cannot be
written to and
b. When I first logon my C drive has Microsoft, Administrative tools,
and similar directories at the root (presumably unable to place them
appropriately on the D drive.) and my profile cannot be found. Rebooting the
profile is found but there is nothing in program files and essentially any
files related to my Documents and Settings are not installed.

Any ideas on how to get around this would be most appreciated. I already
checked that the OemPnPDriversPath drivers path is set correctly in WINNT.SIF.

Thanks in advance!
 
SATA or RAID drivers are only used in a RAID set (2 or more hds),this has
to be configured before xp is installed,then booting to xp cd,you'd press F6
to install drivers for the set for xp to install with the OS.If a set is
not configured
the drivers are not used,at all...
 
Thanks for your reply. Clarifications appear below:
SATA or RAID drivers are only used in a RAID set (2 or more hds),
Click to expand...
Agreed... I have two hard drives.
this has to be configured before xp is installed,then booting to xp cd,you'd press F6
to install drivers for the set for xp to install with the OS.
Click to expand...
I have already got the drivers loading during text mode (I slipstreamed them
onto the CD see http://greenmachine.msfnhosting.com/READING/addraid.htm) but
I have the same problem when I use with the F6 method and a floppy disk with
the drivers on. I know the drivers are loading successfully because I can
select a SATA drive to install Windows onto. I don't select a SATA drive,
however, I select the IDE drive, the C: drive.

Just to clarify:
In WINNT.SIF I have [GuiUnattended] with "ProfileDir=D:\UserData"
and[InternetServer] with PathFTPRoot and PathWWWRoot set to a directory under
D:\InetPub. This is how I am requesting that D&S and Inetpub go onto the
SATA RAID set rather than onto my C drive.

Thanks!

If a set is not configured the drivers are not used,at all...
Click to expand...
A set is configured and as indicated in my original post, the set is
available in text mode and after I login for the first time. The problem is
that windows setup appears unable to access them during GUI mode because D&S
does not appear to be place on D (my SATA RAID) and nether does Inet pub.
 
I have made one small step forward in resolving this. The problem I am
having now is that the drive letter is E: instead of D:. As a result I am
having the same issues as before but at least the drivers are being loaded.

If I don't install the drivers using F6 (or slipstreaming) them and then
install the drivers after the fact the drive letter is D. I have to install
them using F6, however (in order to place the ProfilesDir and InetPub on D:)
and when I do this the drive letter ends up being E. The D: drive letter is
skipped entirely.

How can I change it so the drive letter is D rather than E?

Thanks in advance!



Stuart M. Ray said:
Thanks for your reply. Clarifications appear below:
SATA or RAID drivers are only used in a RAID set (2 or more hds),
Click to expand...
Agreed... I have two hard drives.
this has to be configured before xp is installed,then booting to xp cd,you'd press F6
to install drivers for the set for xp to install with the OS.
Click to expand...
I have already got the drivers loading during text mode (I slipstreamed them
onto the CD see http://greenmachine.msfnhosting.com/READING/addraid.htm) but
I have the same problem when I use with the F6 method and a floppy disk with
the drivers on. I know the drivers are loading successfully because I can
select a SATA drive to install Windows onto. I don't select a SATA drive,
however, I select the IDE drive, the C: drive.

Just to clarify:
In WINNT.SIF I have [GuiUnattended] with "ProfileDir=D:\UserData"
and[InternetServer] with PathFTPRoot and PathWWWRoot set to a directory under
D:\InetPub. This is how I am requesting that D&S and Inetpub go onto the
SATA RAID set rather than onto my C drive.

Thanks!

If a set is not configured the drivers are not used,at all...
Click to expand...
A set is configured and as indicated in my original post, the set is
available in text mode and after I login for the first time. The problem is
that windows setup appears unable to access them during GUI mode because D&S
does not appear to be place on D (my SATA RAID) and nether does Inet pub.




Andrew E. said:
SATA or RAID drivers are only used in a RAID set (2 or more hds), this has
to be configured before xp is installed,then booting to xp cd,you'd press F6
to install drivers for the set for xp to install with the OS.If a set is
not configured
the drivers are not used,at all...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Incorrect - SATA drivers are installed to access ANY SATA device - be it a
single drive or more!
 
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