Win 2003 Server installation on P4B533-E with Raid
Hello,
i'm trying to install Win 2003 Server Standard on my Computer. There are 2 HD connected to the Fasttrak onboard raid-controller, running in raid 0. Although i press F6 during setup to install the promise driver V 2.00.0.34, setup aborts because no harddrives are recognized. did someone manage to install win 2003 server with this configuration? if yes, how? thanks, Jens |
Hi,
It is *not* a good idea to install any OS onto a raid 0 disc. On a raid 0 disc you have in excess of twice the probability of system failure than if you use a single disc since the failur eof either physical disc will result in total loss of data. Under most circumstances you will gain little if any noticeable performance improvement using raid 0. Video editing is an example where people do frequently use raid 0 to benefit for its high sustained read and write ability. Raid 0 reduces resilience. I would urge you to instead use raid 1 - twice the cost per GB since 2 discs = 1, but you gain resilience and gain in performance for reads, slightly for writes (reportedly - Intel site for Intel ICH5R raid 1). You will also have less stress over backups although these are always important. In either case, it sounds like you are either not supplying the correct drivers on floppy, or you are inadvertantly skipping over the actual driver install. You will know if the drivers are loaded as you will see the floppy read and the driver on screen, then it will ask a Second time if you have drivers to supply. Some advise to press F6 continuously prior to the message as some drivers may be loaded before the prompt appears (haven't experienced this, so it could be a load of horse). It is also best to leave the driver floppy in the floppy drive until you have to remove it. For some installs (all?) it needs to read the floppy twice. HTH - Tim "Jens Hofmeier" wrote in message ... Hello, i'm trying to install Win 2003 Server Standard on my Computer. There are 2 HD connected to the Fasttrak onboard raid-controller, running in raid 0. Although i press F6 during setup to install the promise driver V 2.00.0.34, setup aborts because no harddrives are recognized. did someone manage to install win 2003 server with this configuration? if yes, how? thanks, Jens |
Hi Tim,
thanx for your short introduction about raid, although it contained nothing new to me. However the problem was solved by using the original driver provided by Asus on the cd shipped with the board. bye, Jens "Tim" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi, It is *not* a good idea to install any OS onto a raid 0 disc. On a raid 0 disc you have in excess of twice the probability of system failure than if you use a single disc since the failur eof either physical disc will result in total loss of data. Under most circumstances you will gain little if any noticeable performance improvement using raid 0. Video editing is an example where people do frequently use raid 0 to benefit for its high sustained read and write ability. Raid 0 reduces resilience. I would urge you to instead use raid 1 - twice the cost per GB since 2 discs = 1, but you gain resilience and gain in performance for reads, slightly for writes (reportedly - Intel site for Intel ICH5R raid 1). You will also have less stress over backups although these are always important. In either case, it sounds like you are either not supplying the correct drivers on floppy, or you are inadvertantly skipping over the actual driver install. You will know if the drivers are loaded as you will see the floppy read and the driver on screen, then it will ask a Second time if you have drivers to supply. Some advise to press F6 continuously prior to the message as some drivers may be loaded before the prompt appears (haven't experienced this, so it could be a load of horse). It is also best to leave the driver floppy in the floppy drive until you have to remove it. For some installs (all?) it needs to read the floppy twice. HTH - Tim "Jens Hofmeier" wrote in message ... Hello, i'm trying to install Win 2003 Server Standard on my Computer. There are 2 HD connected to the Fasttrak onboard raid-controller, running in raid 0. Although i press F6 during setup to install the promise driver V 2.00.0.34, setup aborts because no harddrives are recognized. did someone manage to install win 2003 server with this configuration? if yes, how? thanks, Jens |
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