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If you want to use the intel controler install the drives on the serial
connectors. When you boot the computer you will see press Ctrl + l to set up
RAID. When you set the raid up and reboot have your Windows XP CD in the CD
drive and start the Windows installation. You will see the message press F6
to install any drivers this is where you need to install the drivers for the
intel controller. The Windows installation will continue as normal.
Glen
"Michael S." <mspurgeon5@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:zLmdnSo6CJus9ibdRVn-uQ@comcast.com...
> BUT--IF the Intel controller is used, isn't only RAID 0 available and
isn't
> RAID 0, using the Intel ICH5R chipset set, set up in BIOS and does not
need
> any driver downloaded?? I am a noob at this, but thought that the Promise
> controller would do both RAID 0 and/or 1 and it needed the downloaded
> drivers whereas the Intel controller did not?? Opinions please--I will be
> doing this in a new computer build (P4C800-E) when the new Raptors come
in.
>
> MikeSp
> ---------------------------------
> "Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
> news:nospam-3005042336440001@192.168.1.177...
> > In article <5Kluc.223$qX1.29@newsfe6-win>, "Pete E"
> > <petenospam1957@freeuk.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Is there anyone out there who can supply information for setting up a
> RAID
> > > array from the very beginning?
> > > I have tried googling and found that everything starts from having 2
or
> more
> > > drives etc etc. Trouble is that nobody tells you about having 2 drives
> and
> > > whether to set the jumpers for Master, Slave or whatever. Can I
> partition
> > > the drives first, obviously they would be partitioned the same.
> > > Specs are:
> > > Asus P4P800E-deluxe with 2x WD1200JB drives.
> > > Unfortunately when I tried to browse the driver/software CD that came
> with
> > > the mobo, I found that it was no good and wouldn't read.
> > > I won't be able to replace that for a while now, anyone got a copy
they
> can
> > > let me have?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Regards
> > > Pete.
> >
> > First of all, I'll start by saying I've never set up a RAID, so
> > this is just some guesses.
> >
> > A RAID works best, if the bandwidth of the drives is "spread"
> > over the interfaces. If the RAID uses PATA, for example, then
> > placing a single drive on each IDE cable is the best you can do.
> > The single drive would be jumpered as a master, or master/single
> > drive, depending on the brand of drive.
> >
> > With SATA, the math is simple, because there is only a single drive
> > per cable anyway.
> >
> > There are two kinds of RAID on these simple controllers. Mirroring
> > (two drives with identical data on them) or striping (files are
> > interleaved over the two drives in chunks called the stripe size).
> > Mirroring is for reliability, as a single drive failure lets you
> > continue working. Striping is for performance, as two disks have
> > more bandwidth to offer that way. The size of the chunk used
> > (stripe size) determines whether the array works best with large
> > files or small files.
> >
> > To start a mirror, you can enter the RAID BIOS at boot time (via
> > some particular key press during POST), and when you declare two
> > disks as a mirror, the BIOS writes the membership info in a
> > reserved sector on each disk, then the BIOS "builds" the array,
> > by doing a sector by sector copy of the data from the "good"
> > disk, to the backup disk. If neither drive has any data you
> > care about, there might be an option to start up without doing
> > any copying at all ("Create and duplicate" versus "Create").
> > The stripe configuration is easier, in that there is no data to
> > duplicate - each drive will have unique info on it, after it
> > is formatted.
> >
> > Once configured (and duplicated if a mirror), you can boot.
> > If doing an immediate OS install on the disk , there will be an
> > opportunity to press "F6" and install a driver for the OS. If
> > the disks are only data disks, you can install a driver on your
> > boot disk, so the system can see the RAID. Some chipsets are
> > snotty, in that they require the presence of the RAID first,
> > before they'll allow you to install the software, which can
> > lead to "chicken versus egg" problems on some Southbridge
> > RAID interfaces.
> >
> > To review again, with the mirror, you could partition and format
> > one drive first, but you'll need to use the "Create and Duplicate"
> > option for the other drive to have the same info on it. If
> > you assemble the RAID mirror first, then you can partition and
> > format the array, and save the time needed to copy the primary
> > drive to the backup. For the most part, it pays to configure
> > any chips first for RAID, build the array (whether mirror or
> > stripe), then install driver via "F6" during install (if a
> > boot disk), or boot the system, install a driver for the RAID,
> > then fill the array as a data-only array.
> >
> > Like any disk drive, it also pays to fill up the disk with large
> > files, to test for the possibility that the OS is not properly
> > prepared to handle a logical disk larger than 128GB. I like
> > to copy the same 1GB file over and over again, onto the empty
> > disk, until it is full. If the file system is not corrupted by
> > doing this, then the install is good to go. I then use a small
> > checksum program, and checksum all the files, and they should
> > all return the same checksum if there are no problems. This
> > passes a lot of data over the interfaces, so if there is
> > something marginal, you might find it before good data is
> > put on the disk.
> >
> > With the mirror configuration, it pays to experiment with how
> > to operate the array when one disk fails. If you don't understand
> > how to repair a mirrored array, there is no sense trusting your
> > data to be safely stored on it.
> >
> > Both mirrors and stripes need to be backed up, as you never know
> > what kind of hardware failure might destroy them all (like a bad
> > PSU). A stripe is a particularly bad choice for a boot disk, as
> > with two disks, there is twice the opportunity for the array
> > to be broken.
> >
> > (Drivers)
> >
>
http://www.asus.it/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=P4P800-E%20Deluxe&Type=All
> >
> > (User manual - see section 5.6 for RAID info)
> >
>
http://www.asuscom.de/pub/ASUS/mb/sock478/P4P800-E%20DX/e1526_p4p800-e_deluxe.pdf
> >
> > HTH,
> > Paul
>
>
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