I have just built a new server using 2 quad z's, 12gb ram, and 6 - 2tb HDD is a raid 6 format. When I tri to in stall server 2008 on this, it gets to the last section on completing the installation and will not move any more. I left it like this for 4 hours one day, thinking that something with 7tb was causing this. Then I finally shut it down. When I started it back up and went back into windows setup, I have a 2tb drive and a 5tb drive on one raid, where is was originally 7tb. I am assuming there is a limitation on this large of a raid when loading server 2008? or am I looking at a hardware issue. Thanks. Chad

Greater then 2TB = try the GPT format x64 edition of w2k8 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT_FAQ.mspx

Check for the deploying OS boot CD from the server vendor, try to boot with that CD/DVD and select your desired Windows 2008 server for deployment. It should solve your problem. Thanks

Hi, Can you install Windows Server 2008 with the RAID including 2tb drive and a 5tb drive? For your inquiry on limitation and preparation tasks for installing Windows Server 2008 and configuring RAID, please refer to the following link: Pre-Installation Steps for Installing Windows Server 2008 http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Pre-Installation-Steps-Installing-Windows-Server-2008.html Thanks. NinaPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

I have acutally set up the raid with a 2TB and 3TB drives. I have loaded Server 2008 R2 on the 2TB drive, It still stopped at the end of the installation. I contacted Intel again, and got a rep that said to plug in both of the network ports to the internet, that this is a glitch with server 2008. I did that and the install finally went through quickly. He also stated to run the updated drivers from Intel. I did these things and it runs great. He stated that server 2008 could not install correctly on a 7.272TB partition. Thanks for all your help. Thank you for your time. Chad.