Installing Server 2008
When trying to install, get to the part where it asks which hard drive(I have 2)to install to. Chose either one and it replies that it is unable to locate correct driver.Sure appreciate any help.
September 10th, 2008 9:11pm
Hi,
You may need to obtain the hard drive driver from your hard drive manufacturer. Save it to a CD, DVD or USB flash drive in the root directory of the media. Install Windows Server 2008 again. On the disk selection page, click Load Driver and then follow the instructions.
Hope it helps.
Tim Quan - MSFT
Free Windows Admin Tool Kit Click here and download it now
September 12th, 2008 1:13pm
Thanks Tim,I already tried the driver. But, it will only let me install 2008 as if the HDD was a PATA drive. I have Broadcom HT1000 SATA drives. I would like to do a SATA RAID5.Any other ideas?Mark
September 12th, 2008 7:37pm
If you want to use RAID-5 you need a minimum of three physical disks. To have redundancy with two disks you need to use RAID-1 Mirroring. This will need to be configured either in the RAID BIOS / Configuration utility or using a GUI startupdisk supplied with your server such as HP Smartstart, IBM Server Guide etc... Otherwise configure the RAID set in the BIOS, create the logical volumes and try again, you may need the drivers as Tim mentioned.Mick Huxley
Free Windows Admin Tool Kit Click here and download it now
September 14th, 2008 3:12pm
Thanks Mick,I have 3 disks for the RAID-5, the problem is that I can't get a working driver for my hardware.Any other ideas?
September 15th, 2008 7:09pm
Hi Mick,
Please contact Broadcom to obtain a Windows Server 2008 compatible driver.
In addition, I would like to share you with the following related websites:
Installing Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn) Beta 3 on RAID 5
http://www.carrollzone.com/Blog/post/2007/04/Installing-Windows-Server-2008-on-RAID-5.aspx
Clean Vista Install on RAID 5 Volum
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/246869-30-clean-vista-install-raid-volum
How do I install vista on RAID 5 Drives?
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/734752.html
Hope it helps.
Tim Quan - MSFT
Free Windows Admin Tool Kit Click here and download it now
September 16th, 2008 1:31pm


