Asus SK8N XP64 Sata

[Hermann]

Trying to load the XP64 beta on a computer with wd 80gb Sata drive on a Asus SK8N mb. Bios sees the drive, run through set-up, hit F6, put in the floppy, select the driver, get a message - The file \\WinXP\AlSata.sys is corrupt. Tried different floppies, reformated them, drivers off the MB CD, Asus USA, Asus TW, Promise, all get the same error. Tried all the different drives, all get the same error. What's my next step?

 

[Hermann]

found the answer over at planetamd64.com. There is a beta driver for the sata raid controler that you need. set the controler to raid in the bios (even if there is just one drive) set up the array, download the driver, run thought the windows setup and it should work. On my set-up, I hit F6 and tried to load the drivers but it errored out. I continued through, rebooted after it didn't find the driver and let it run thought the set-up again without the f6 option and it pulled the driver off the floppy. Hope this helps if someone else has the same issue.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

should have refreshed before searching, my bad I see you found the drivers.