Hi guys,
I'm trying to install a copy of windows on my system with the 8knxp board as well. I'm using 2 maxtor 120 GB SATA drives in RAID with the Silicon Image controller. The installation program loads from the windows CD, I provide the drivers for the Sil chip without any problems and the system promptly recognizes the 2 drives as one big drive. Formatting also goes by without any problems. However, when installation files begin being copied over all hell breaks loose. The program often says that it couldnt copy the file over properly to the hard drive and that the copy on the hard drive is invalid. It lets me retry the copy and sometimes it works. But then a files later the same thing happens. Also, sometime when I try to install windows halts again and says that there was an error in setupdd.sys or sometimes that "IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL". I've replaced the hard drives, and the WinXP CD-ROM but still can't get the errors to go away. If you guys have any ideas, wheter a cable may be connected incorrectly or anything, please let me know. Thanks!