SATA RAID Drivers @ startup w/ no disk drive

[Michael Martoncik]

Hello. I do not have a disk drive attached to this
computer because 1. I have no use of it, and 2. Im using
all the availible 3.5" slots for hard disks. I need to
install XP on a drive that is Serial ATA RAID (striped).
The drives are connected via a PCI Controller card.
Since I cant F6 and add the drivers from floppy, is there
any way to have the drivers available to the setup so my
RAID drive will show up as a logical destination for an
XP installation?

please help if anyone knows... I think it has to do with
interupting the setup and adding the drivers somewhere,
then restarting the setup.... but setup file
extrapolation is not my area of expertise

Any ideas reply here or to:

(e-mail address removed)

thank you

Michael Martoncik
Mesa, AZ

 

[Guest]

Install the floppy drive outside the case, install the
operating system, then remove the floppy drive after the
installation of the operating system.



It works for me!