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Raid 1 [Set-up?] Problem
slight, but rather fundamental, problem. I'm using the GB7VAXP-U mobo and I've got a Seagate 6.4 and 10Gb (IDE) set in mirror in the BIOS (Promise 'Lite'?) which built the array OK (via create and mirror). The 6.4 had an installation of XP Pro which got mirrored onto the other but on boot up it scans the ide under the promise controller and then I get a blank screen. Both h/d will boot OK individually on IDE controllers (which are set to auto detect in BIOS) Trying a reinstallation it again seems to stop just as it boots from the CD when you get the analysing system configuration line - but rather than the 'usual blue screen I get just that on one line b+w at the top of the screen. Has anyone got any ideas on this? Thx [attached file: 4-dontknow.gif] did you install the raid drivers (F6 when doing xp install)?
Show quoteHide quote "David Watkinson" <dwatkin***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:d1n7h9$mbl$1@news.freedom2surf.net... > Just experimenting with RAID 1 on my machine but I'm encountering a > slight, but rather fundamental, problem. > > I'm using the GB7VAXP-U mobo and I've got a Seagate 6.4 and 10Gb (IDE) set > in mirror in the BIOS (Promise 'Lite'?) which built the array OK (via > create > and mirror). The 6.4 had an installation of XP Pro which got mirrored > onto > the other but on boot up it scans the ide under the promise controller and > then I get a blank screen. > > Both h/d will boot OK individually on IDE controllers (which are set to > auto > detect in BIOS) > > Trying a reinstallation it again seems to stop just as it boots from the > CD > when you get the analysing system configuration line - but rather than the > 'usual blue screen I get just that on one line b+w at the top of the > screen. > > Has anyone got any ideas on this? > Thx > > > Well, for one thing, in order to set up a RAID array you need to use two
harddrives of exactly the SAME capacity of GB's. -- Show quoteHide quoteDaveW "David Watkinson" <dwatkin***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:d1n7h9$mbl$1@news.freedom2surf.net... > Just experimenting with RAID 1 on my machine but I'm encountering a > slight, but rather fundamental, problem. > > I'm using the GB7VAXP-U mobo and I've got a Seagate 6.4 and 10Gb (IDE) set > in mirror in the BIOS (Promise 'Lite'?) which built the array OK (via > create > and mirror). The 6.4 had an installation of XP Pro which got mirrored > onto > the other but on boot up it scans the ide under the promise controller and > then I get a blank screen. > > Both h/d will boot OK individually on IDE controllers (which are set to > auto > detect in BIOS) > > Trying a reinstallation it again seems to stop just as it boots from the > CD > when you get the analysing system configuration line - but rather than the > 'usual blue screen I get just that on one line b+w at the top of the > screen. > > Has anyone got any ideas on this? > Thx > > > "DaveW" <n***@zero.org> wrote in message Not always true. I have Raid1 using a 200gb and a 120gb drive. Its just news:ls6dnbdFlu_SwqLfRVn-3g@comcast.com... > Well, for one thing, in order to set up a RAID array you need to use two > harddrives of exactly the SAME capacity of GB's. > > -- > DaveW dumbdowns to 120gigs total. It leaves me 60gb useless, but for my important files, I dont mind. Its more important to have the drives at the same speed/brand. Seing the copacity of his drives, I would say that they are unreliable assuming that they are very old and slow. I dont know if that will have any affect on his problem though. 
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