SBS Premium 2003 hangs during install, RAID 5 2

[wahnula]

My new build:
Asus K8N-DL w/Silicon Image 3114CT176 SATALink
(3) WD 36GB Raptors in AMS mobile SATA rack
(2) Opteron 242s
(2) 1-GB ECC Registered RAM
PCI-E Graphics, ATI Radeon X300
Antec 550w PSU, 24-pin ATX, EPS-12
Sony DVD-RW combo drive
Mitsumi floppy dd
Not yet installed: Sony sdt-11000 tape drive & Adaptec 2940uw

The onboard SATA controller has a software RAID 5 option.

Build was fun & uneventful. Upon first boot, I checked BIOS & components, then built a RAID 5 array with a 68 GB raid size using F4 prompt and auto-configure, no conflicts, exited BIOS.

I then created a RAID floppy from the mainboard CD. Upon boot to Windows install (3-CD), pressed "F6" and installed the RAID drivers from floppy. Windows confirmed the Sil3114 softRAID5 drivers had been installed. Installation proceeds normally, until the "Setup is starting Window" info bar. After (40) minutes w/ no CD activity, I tried putting Disc 2 in to see if that's what it was waiting for, no luck. I obviously need to get around this, help please.

For troubleshooting purposes, I deleted the array and at the
"Setup is starting Window" point I was informed there were no HDDs as expected. I rebuilt the array manually and the hang persisted. It's OEM so I don't have the manual, but downloaded & printed the install procedure from the MS website.

I was planning on creating a 6 GB partition for the OS as recommended (if it ever gets this far LOL), another partition for Exchange and files. Thanks.

Tony

 

[wahnula]

For me this is Xmas in July! Progress report:
Removed drives from IDE SATA and replugged into RAID controller;
Booted SBS, no drives visible,BIOS warning,"no device attached!";
Installed the Asus RAID5 utility in Windows, saw drives;
Rebooted SBS, same BIOS warning, no drives seen in Disk Management;
Created RAID5 array at BIOS level;
Windows Disk Man. saw "Volume 1, 68GB"
Followed create volume wizard, only choice was simple (no RAID5 maybe because the volume was already built?) gave it drive name S:;
Disk Managemant calls it a "simple" volume

Are these results acceptable?

Every time I tried to boot SBS w/ BIOS-level array before it hung; after installing the SATRAID5 app it accepted the BIOS-level array. I click on the SATARAID5 icon and see the three disks on the right, each drive says:

Legacy RG 0
34.47 GB
Parity RAID
48.0KB available

on the left, the tree says Controller 0>Legacy RG 0

I don't like the sound of "Legacy"...

 

[wahnula]

Someone's feeling pretty foolish...all this idiocy started when someone neglected to format new drives...


RAID5 is working correctly, and I have a spare Raptor!