RAID question

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Ive got 2 raptors today and was thinking about tinkering with RAID. Just wondering how i would set them up from a clean install, when i havent got a floppy drive to install the RAID drivers. I had a bit mess about before and used F6, but then it asks me to insert a floppy, is there any way around this? Cheers

 

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I take it you are talking about XP or Win2k3?

AFAIK there is no way round this (but I freely admit I'm not an expert on RAID on NT descended Windows). Why can't you fit a floppy temporarily?

Note that with just two drives only RAID 0 or 1 is possible. (IIRC)

Harry.

 

You need to create a slipstream cd and include your own drivers, google for instructions.

 

you can often use a USB floppy for this, you dont need to fit an internal one

 

Cheers Harry, i cant fit one coz i dont have one, looks like il have to buy one. Im just gonna be messing round with the RAID so il be trying RAID 0 and 1

 

Do you know if this has been delt with in Vista? Cheers

 

Would this be BIOS dependant? Cheers

 

yes - your BIOS would need to be able to boot from USB.

 

You *always* need a spare floppy lying about!

Harry (who even has a spare 5 1/4" unit on his shelf)

 

Unless you've got an updated source OS cd, the suggestion to slipstream is a viable one. Several tools can be used for this, like Autostreamer , although I don't remember if the option to addon drivers is there. I know you can do it with nLite , and more recently with AutoImage -- which includes using nLite (just for slimming), RVMintegrator for hotfixes, and Xpize for customization.

I've used them all, and I like AutoImage the most. RogueSpear (the developer) has a guide to using it right here

I know it's sidetracking to what you really want, but it's a great way to get there -- learn something new everyday!

Oh, and Harry, I'm one of the older folks around here, and even I don't have a 5.25 anywhere! That's a *real man's* floppy!

 

Er - <cough> - real men have 8" ...

Harry.