[RESOLVED] This can't be good...

September 29th, 2001, 05:19 PM

i flashed my bios to the latest version (i have a gigabyte ga-6rx with 2x40gig hdds in raid 0 array) and now xp pro comes up with unmountable_boot_drive (or the likes) and then stops.

ive tried reinstallaling, but the RAID array has gone awol. i tried everything (including remaking the raid array), and nothing.

however, dos sees the raid drive fine. is the only solution here gonna be install 98, then upgrade to xp from within windows?

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September 29th, 2001, 09:04 PM

When installing, at the press F6 to install your raid driver or XP and 2K will not detect your array. XP has a couple of drivers but if your card is moded in any way you need to do this.

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Oh well, looks like Micro$oft is dominating...again !

September 30th, 2001, 07:19 AM

tried that already. perhaps its a driver issue with the new bios. i should try flashing it back using the second bios.

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October 1st, 2001, 04:42 PM

hmm...still no joy. looks like im gonna have to totally rebuild the raid array.

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October 1st, 2001, 08:59 PM

I had a very similar thing with the most recent WinXP release. What I had was a mirroring array that wouldnt work under XP during an install. So I had to plug in only one hard drive on my IDE port (the RAID was an onboard IDE array) and install XP as if I only had one drive. After I installed XP and installed all the drivers for my RAID controller, I rebuilt the array and it works fine now.

Let us know how you come out!

October 3rd, 2001, 12:03 PM

ok, so the ****s really gonna hit the fan here: it doesnt work under win2k either. just comes up with kernel errors when it gets to the point where it should give u the list of partitions. ive tried everything i can think of, and everything that sbeen suggested. i guess i better aquire another hdd, to try installing xp on that instaid of on my raid.

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September 29th, 2001, 05:19 PM	#1
tyremanb Guest Posts: n/a	This can't be good... i flashed my bios to the latest version (i have a gigabyte ga-6rx with 2x40gig hdds in raid 0 array) and now xp pro comes up with unmountable_boot_drive (or the likes) and then stops. ive tried reinstallaling, but the RAID array has gone awol. i tried everything (including remaking the raid array), and nothing. however, dos sees the raid drive fine. is the only solution here gonna be install 98, then upgrade to xp from within windows? ------------------ Question of the Day: If it Micro$oft didn't exist, how much easier would our lives be?

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September 29th, 2001, 09:04 PM	#2
HeXmAn Guest Posts: n/a	When installing, at the press F6 to install your raid driver or XP and 2K will not detect your array. XP has a couple of drivers but if your card is moded in any way you need to do this. ------------------ Oh well, looks like Micro$oft is dominating...again !

September 30th, 2001, 07:19 AM	#3
tyremanb Guest Posts: n/a	tried that already. perhaps its a driver issue with the new bios. i should try flashing it back using the second bios. ------------------ Question of the Day: If it Micro$oft didn't exist, how much easier would our lives be?

October 1st, 2001, 04:42 PM	#4
tyremanb Guest Posts: n/a	hmm...still no joy. looks like im gonna have to totally rebuild the raid array. ------------------ Question of the Day: If it Micro$oft didn't exist, how much easier would our lives be?

October 1st, 2001, 08:59 PM	#5
davepoet Guest Posts: n/a	I had a very similar thing with the most recent WinXP release. What I had was a mirroring array that wouldnt work under XP during an install. So I had to plug in only one hard drive on my IDE port (the RAID was an onboard IDE array) and install XP as if I only had one drive. After I installed XP and installed all the drivers for my RAID controller, I rebuilt the array and it works fine now. Let us know how you come out!

October 3rd, 2001, 12:03 PM	#6
tyremanb Guest Posts: n/a	ok, so the ****s really gonna hit the fan here: it doesnt work under win2k either. just comes up with kernel errors when it gets to the point where it should give u the list of partitions. ive tried everything i can think of, and everything that sbeen suggested. i guess i better aquire another hdd, to try installing xp on that instaid of on my raid. ------------------ Question of the Day: If it Micro$oft didn't exist, how much easier would our lives be?