Unable to install SCSI mass storage driver

[Daniel Rudy]

I have an SIIG AP-40 PCI SCSI-2 Controller. I'm trying to install WinXP
slipstreamed with SP1. F6 is not an option. I tried it, it doesn't work on
a unattended install, it loads the driver initially, but when it goes to
copy it to the HD, it is unable to copy it, even though the floppy is in the
drive. It's not a bad drive, and it's not a bad floppy at it works on a DOS
boot disk with no problems. I have gone over to msfn.org and read through
their material, and the txtsetup.sif information, and it doesn't work. The
driver is not copied to the HD and when the machine reboots after the file
copy in textmode, it cannot find the CD-ROM because it's on the SCSI bus.
So basically, I'm in a catch 22. It will not install the driver, but it
needs the driver to install. Is there another way to get a mass storage
driver copied and loaded?

HELP!

 

[Guest]

First you need to set up the scsi drives in the BIOS,then create a
striped or mirrored set,let the boot menu be available also,you dont
mention you have created this,if youre not creating a set,the drivers
arent needed at all.How is a cdrom or cdrw on a scsi bus,the connection
for a true scsi drive is completly diffrent than an IDE connection.

 

[Daniel Rudy]

First you need to set up the scsi drives in the BIOS,then create a
striped or mirrored set,let the boot menu be available also,you dont
mention you have created this,if youre not creating a set,the drivers
arent needed at all.How is a cdrom or cdrw on a scsi bus,the connection
for a true scsi drive is completly diffrent than an IDE connection.

The SCSI devices are not setup in the BIOS. They are setup on the
controller's boot Rom BIOS. The harddisks are IDE. As for your question
about how can the CD-ROM drives be on the SCSI bus, it's quite simple. They
are true 50-pin SCSI devices, not IDE, and I paid accordingly. The CD-RW
driver was about $250. The DVD-ROM was about $150.

 

[Daniel Rudy]

First you need to set up the scsi drives in the BIOS,then create a
striped or mirrored set,let the boot menu be available also,you dont
mention you have created this,if youre not creating a set,the drivers
arent needed at all.How is a cdrom or cdrw on a scsi bus,the connection
for a true scsi drive is completly diffrent than an IDE connection.

The SCSI drives are not BIOS configurable as they are connected to the SCSI
controller. The harddisks are IDE. And yes, this is a CD-ROM boot set. As
for your question, I did say that the CD-RW and the DVD-ROM are both true
SCSI-2 devices, and I paid accordingly. Model numbers for the devices are
Toshiba M-1410 for the DVD-ROM and Yamaha CF-1S (Or something like that.)
The SCSI controller is a SIIG AP-40.