I've recently acquired 2 WD 36 gig raptors and I want to install them in a RAID 0 configuration. I got everything to work fine using the onboard promise controller, however the drive benchmarks weren't nearly as high as others have been getting with the same drives in a similar config.
I then tried to use the VIA RAID controller. Setting up the array and formatting in windows with an IDE hard drive went fine. I did this when I used the promise controller as well because I wanted to set a 16k allocation unit size.
The problem occured when trying to install windows xp pro. I pressed F6 and all that, but when the driver loading screen was done and it says setup is starting windows I get an error. It says if this is the first time restart and try again, etc. I do not know what caused this problem because it seems like the drives are bad, but they work fine with the promise controller.
I tried installing again with a different driver, but the same thing happened. Has anyone had similar problems with the VIA RAID controller. If so, how did you fix it?
I then tried to use the VIA RAID controller. Setting up the array and formatting in windows with an IDE hard drive went fine. I did this when I used the promise controller as well because I wanted to set a 16k allocation unit size.
The problem occured when trying to install windows xp pro. I pressed F6 and all that, but when the driver loading screen was done and it says setup is starting windows I get an error. It says if this is the first time restart and try again, etc. I do not know what caused this problem because it seems like the drives are bad, but they work fine with the promise controller.
I tried installing again with a different driver, but the same thing happened. Has anyone had similar problems with the VIA RAID controller. If so, how did you fix it?