New Server Problems

[hughejars]

Hi People
The system Intel Motherboard SE7501BR2
Processor - xeon 2.8 Ghz
DDR ECC ram 4Gbytes
On board RAID Adaptec AIC-7901a(U320)

I've been tinkering for a few days with limited success.
The server POST boots fine and the RAID utility loads fine, so I've configured 4 scsi drives to work RAID-0 (no fault tol.) formatted and set the drive to bootable.
Insert the Windows disk and start the setup process, but I'm told no hard drive can be found.
I've downloaded Adaptec drivers (old and newer one) and pressed F6 and tried using them with no success.
So in desperation I installed a IDE drive and loaded Windows to that, which has no problem loading, detecting and setting up the SCSI RAID device with the drives as I set them up.
Any idea whats going on here?

Many thanks
Phil (sitting here with all hair ripped out)

I'm studying hard every day, so why is the learning curve appear to be heading downwards?

 

[ShackDaddy]

While you are running your OS on the IDE drive, find the volume for the RAID-0 in Disk Management and format it. I think that once it's formatted, you will be able to find it when running setup.

Dave Shackelford MVP
ThirdTier.net

 

[hughejars]

Thanks Shackdaddy,

Yes I did enter Disk Manager and check it was all working, which it was. The drive was formatted in the the RAID setup just after the POST boot.

I was hoping to get a SCSI card on Ebay, went somewhat higher than I was willing to pay. Considering people are now switching to SAS an SATA drives it surprises me people are still hot for the old SCSI.

Cheers
Phil


I'm studying hard every day, so why is the learning curve appear to be heading downwards?