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More info?)
I wish it was that simple. Unfortunately, I wasn't late in hitting F6. I went
through the whole process of hitting F6 and then specifying additional
drivers.
"Dave Patrick" wrote:
> You were probably late in hitting F6. Have you configured the array in
> controller bios? You'll want to boot the Windows 2000 setup disks or CD-Rom.
> The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000 CD-Rom;
> change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe
> (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.
>
> Then *F6* very early and very important (at setup is inspecting your system)
> in the setup to prevent drive controller detection, and select S to specify
> additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer
> supplied Windows 2000 driver for your raid controller in drive "A"
>
> If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers, then it may be too
> late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already assigned the
> resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.
>
> When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
> found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
> restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
> letter assignments with your new install.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
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> "Jeff" wrote:
> | I'm attempting to install Windows 2000 Server on 2 SCSI drives that are
> | hooked up to an Adaptec AAA-131U2 RAID Controller. For some reason,
> Windows
> | doesn't recognize the drives. The RAID controller sees them and I also did
> | the whole F6 process and and loaded the correct driver for the controller
> in
> | the beginning of the installation. Any other ideas that I could try would
> be
> | appreciated.
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