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In article <duOdnUerpdwtn8rcRVnyvQ@giganews.com>,
stevelon@deletethisbitntlworld.com (SteveL) wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 17:08 +0100 (BST), jwh@cix.co.uk (John
> Hollingsworth) wrote:
>
> >In article <pan.2004.09.24.21.02.56.38686@nomai.nt>, nospam@nomai.nt
> >(Pearl) wrote:
> >
> >> Il Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:15:00 +0100, John Hollingsworth ha scritto:
> >>
> >> > Anybody any idea why there are no Promise 378 IDE (non-RAID) 64
> > > bit >SATA drivers for this board.
> >> >
> >> > Their 64 bit RAID drivers work fine with X64, as does pure PATA,
> > > but >for me its a nuisance as I don't want to use RAID.
> >> >
> >> I can't understand the problem. Use your RAID drivers in a non raid
> >> configuration.
> >>
> >I don't want to use JBOD, I want to run with a C: and a D:, 2 separate
> >SATA drives. Can I do that on a Promise controller, with the BIOS set
> to >RAID to enable the Promise RAID 64bit driver to work?
> >
> >If I set the Promise RAID controller to "RAID" in BIOS then press
> "esc" to >continue booting without creating a RAID array, then X64
> setup can't find >the SATA HDDS. So I still think there needs to be
> specific IDE Promise >drivers to operate as I wish.
> >
> >At present, I've got 2 x SATA drives on XP Pro and a PATA drive with
> X64, >and select with F8 on boot.
> >
> >If you have an answer, I'd be pleased as I wanted to install X64 on a
> >partition on the C: SATA drive.
>
> Suggest trying the VIA SATA channels also available on the motherboard
> instead of the Promise ports. They work in both Winxp 64 bit and 32.
>
>
>
Thanks - I've got the Via 64 bit drivers, I'll try them.
John
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