New problem with 8RDA3+

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 16:53:18 GMT, "Derek Wildstar" <gunner.TakeThisOut@argo.mil>
wrote:

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 >"Jeff" <jeffdothartleyzeroone@btinternetdotcom> wrote in message
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  >> Hi all,

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 >Are you hanging the HDD off of the E-IDE connect, or the S-RAID connect?
 >Don't forget, you need chipset level drivers to activate all those fun
 >features, use the supplied CD at first.

Off the EIDE port, sorry should have mentioned that. I will Use RAID
but on a new Highpoint controller because as you told me, the onboard
RAID is not to be trusted.

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 >Error Code 8b is reserved, but if you look where it is in sequence with the
 >boot procedure, you will find it's HDD related.

It's a weird one. When installing windows, the drive works perfectly.
Only on a reboot does it fail.

 >
 >Also, what are you using such a big honking drive for? It's a disturbing
 >trend I've noticed.

Video, plain and simple. It's one of my hobbies and it eats disk
space. But to turn the question around, can you ever really have
enough hard drive space?
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 16:53:18 GMT, "Derek Wildstar" <gunner.TakeThisOut@argo.mil>
wrote:

Problem solved.

For some reason, the windows would not install from my Plextor 708 DVD
writer or from my Pioneer DV D drive. Plugged in my Tekram SCSI card
and tried installing from MY Plex PX40 CDRom and bingo! XP installs
and runs perfectly. No ideas as to what was wrong. Never had problems
like these before.

Anyway thanks for the help Derek.

Oh, BTW, I still have the RAID (Striped) set from when I used the
chaintech board. The Chaintech board used a Promise 376 Raid
controller. Can I plug these drives into the onboard SATA ports (using
adaptors of course) and still read the data on these drives or will I
need to get the data off with another promise controller (like the
Fasttrack 100 in my wifes Asus machine)?


Regards, Jeff.
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"Jeff" <jeffdothartleyzeroone@btinternetdotcom> wrote in message
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 > Problem solved.
 >
 > For some reason, the windows would not install from my Plextor 708 DVD
 > writer or from my Pioneer DV D drive. Plugged in my Tekram SCSI card
 > and tried installing from MY Plex PX40 CDRom and bingo! XP installs
 > and runs perfectly. No ideas as to what was wrong. Never had problems
 > like these before.
 >
 > Anyway thanks for the help Derek.

Very strange. Windows installs from a SCSI device, but not an IDE one? And
you are sure the IDE drivers are correct...

I hope that was a true solution and not just another symptom.


 > Oh, BTW, I still have the RAID (Striped) set from when I used the
 > chaintech board. The Chaintech board used a Promise 376 Raid
 > controller. Can I plug these drives into the onboard SATA ports (using
 > adaptors of course) and still read the data on these drives or will I
 > need to get the data off with another promise controller (like the
 > Fasttrack 100 in my wifes Asus machine)?
 >
 >
 > Regards, Jeff.

That's a good question and it's a more specific version of 'Are RAID 0
arrays portable?'. The answer is no, even within a manufacturer's line.
However, that said, you would think with the possibility of an orphaned RAID
0 pair, is higher than it has ever been in the past, so something might have
been done about the intrinsic incompatibility of stripe sets among the ever
advancing controllers. For the risk invovled, I'd ask Promise tech-support
what compatible controllers there are for your set.

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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:38:06 GMT, "Derek Wildstar" <gunner DeleteThis @argo.mil>
wrote:

 >
  >> Oh, BTW, I still have the RAID (Striped) set from when I used the
  >> chaintech board. The Chaintech board used a Promise 376 Raid
  >> controller. Can I plug these drives into the onboard SATA ports (using
  >> adaptors of course) and still read the data on these drives or will I
  >> need to get the data off with another promise controller (like the
  >> Fasttrack 100 in my wifes Asus machine)?
  >>
  >>
  >> Regards, Jeff.
 >
 >That's a good question and it's a more specific version of 'Are RAID 0
 >arrays portable?'. The answer is no, even within a manufacturer's line.
 >However, that said, you would think with the possibility of an orphaned RAID
 >0 pair, is higher than it has ever been in the past, so something might have
 >been done about the intrinsic incompatibility of stripe sets among the ever
 >advancing controllers. For the risk invovled, I'd ask Promise tech-support
 >what compatible controllers there are for your set.
 >
 >You've been lucky so far, why not shoot the moon?
 >
 >
Promise support said "maybe". I've nothing to lose so I plugs it
in....It works! They say it will almost certainly not work with a
Highpoint card, Definately not with the Silicon Image chip and again
"maybe" with a Promise 2000 EIDE Raid Card I've got a loan of. At
least I know I can get the data off the drives via my wifes PC over
the network. I honestly thought that RAID 0 would be portable.

Like you say Derek, I definately was lucky


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 > Like you say Derek, I definately was lucky

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