raid drivers during installation issue

Hi all,
I'm trying to install Vista (beta 2, x86) on a machine with a Promise SX4060 PATA RAID controller in it. Do I need special drivers for this, or should I be able to use the XP ones? The only blog I've found regarding RAID driver installation is: http://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista/archive/2006/05/24/430001.aspx
This doesn't say anything about what version of the drivers is being used, or what needs to be done to get the setup to "see" them. My floppy drive is knackered so I've tried using a USB drive and burning to a rewriteable DVD, neither of which worked. I'm not sure if this is due to a problem with Vista (it doesn't appear to even try and read the DVD), the drivers, or how I've got the drivers on the USB disk/DVD (special files needed or whatever).
I've contacted Promise inquiring about Vista drivers, no reply as yet. Can anyone shed any light?
Cheers,
Jevon

That's good news, thanks. Do I need to do anything special with the files? I maanged to get my floppy drive working last night, but Vista wouldn't load the drivers from the original Promise floppy, although XP does. I've read somewhere the driver needs to be in the root directory, is that the case?
Thanks,
Jevon
"cf" wrote in message

Hi all,
I'm trying to install Vista (beta 2, x86) on a machine with a Promise SX4060 PATA RAID controller in it. Do I need special drivers for this, or should I be able to use the XP ones? The only blog I've found regarding RAID driver installation is: http://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista/archive/2006/05/24/430001.aspx
This doesn't say anything about what version of the drivers is being used, or what needs to be done to get the setup to "see" them. My floppy drive is knackered so I've tried using a USB drive and burning to a rewriteable DVD, neither of which worked. I'm not sure if this is due to a problem with Vista (it doesn't appear to even try and read the DVD), the drivers, or how I've got the drivers on the USB disk/DVD (special files needed or whatever).
I've contacted Promise inquiring about Vista drivers, no reply as yet. Can anyone shed any light?
Cheers,
Jevon
Use the Windows 2003 drivers, as Vista is based on it. It's what I do with my Promise controller, and it works fine.

Just did some testing in a VM and it looks like the files do need to be in the root, rather than the standard txtsetup.oem style. I'll have a play over the weekend and report back.
Jevon
"Jevon" wrote in message

That's good news, thanks. Do I need to do anything special with the files? I maanged to get my floppy drive working last night, but Vista wouldn't load the drivers from the original Promise floppy, although XP does. I've read somewhere the driver needs to be in the root directory, is that the case?
Thanks,
Jevon
"cf" wrote in message Hi all,
I'm trying to install Vista (beta 2, x86) on a machine with a Promise SX4060 PATA RAID controller in it. Do I need special drivers for this, or should I be able to use the XP ones? The only blog I've found regarding RAID driver installation is: http://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista/archive/2006/05/24/430001.aspx
This doesn't say anything about what version of the drivers is being used, or what needs to be done to get the setup to "see" them. My floppy drive is knackered so I've tried using a USB drive and burning to a rewriteable DVD, neither of which worked. I'm not sure if this is due to a problem with Vista (it doesn't appear to even try and read the DVD), the drivers, or how I've got the drivers on the USB disk/DVD (special files needed or whatever).
I've contacted Promise inquiring about Vista drivers, no reply as yet. Can anyone shed any light?
Cheers,
Jevon
Use the Windows 2003 drivers, as Vista is based on it. It's what I do with my Promise controller, and it works fine.

Hi all,
I'm trying to install Vista (beta 2, x86) on a machine with a Promise SX4060 PATA RAID controller in it. Do I need special drivers for this, or should I be able to use the XP ones? The only blog I've found regarding RAID driver installation is: http://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista/archive/2006/05/24/430001.aspx
This doesn't say anything about what version of the drivers is being used, or what needs to be done to get the setup to "see" them. My floppy drive is knackered so I've tried using a USB drive and burning to a rewriteable DVD, neither of which worked. I'm not sure if this is due to a problem with Vista (it doesn't appear to even try and read the DVD), the drivers, or how I've got the drivers on the USB disk/DVD (special files needed or whatever).
I've contacted Promise inquiring about Vista drivers, no reply as yet. Can anyone shed any light?
Cheers,
Jevon

Use the Windows 2003 drivers, as Vista is based on it. It's what I do with my Promise controller, and it works fine.

Jevon wrote:

Just did some testing in a VM and it looks like the files do need to be in the root, rather than the standard txtsetup.oem style. I'll have a play over the weekend and report back.

In the "root" of what??
If you mean the root of the drive which is attached to the controller it needs a driver to be able to see, it sounds like catch-22!
Are there any docs about supplying 3rd party drivers at Vista setup time? I'd assumed if you press the "install driver" button in the setup program it would offer to read from CD, USB Stick, Floppy etc?
How does it work for unattended installs when you need to get the text mode driver into the setup manifest?
-- Gerry Hickman (London UK)

I had success getting it installed using the Windows 2003 drivers. Haven't had a chance for extensive testing yet but everything seems to be working fine.
I meant in the root of the floppy, USB, etc. I used a floppy in the end. I copied the driver files from OS specific directory to the root of the floppy and the Vista setup was able to find and recognise it. I wasn't able to find any documentation, so it was somewhat trial and error apart from a forum posting somewhere that gave me the hint of copying to the root of the floppy. When you press the Install Driver button it asks you to insert the floppy, USB drive, CD, etc. For me, only the floppy option worked but I didn't test extensively.
No idea about unattended installs, it's not my forte :)
Hope this helps...
Jevon
"Gerry Hickman" wrote in message

Jevon wrote:
Just did some testing in a VM and it looks like the files do need to be in the root, rather than the standard txtsetup.oem style. I'll have a play over the weekend and report back.
In the "root" of what??
If you mean the root of the drive which is attached to the controller it needs a driver to be able to see, it sounds like catch-22!
Are there any docs about supplying 3rd party drivers at Vista setup time? I'd assumed if you press the "install driver" button in the setup program it would offer to read from CD, USB Stick, Floppy etc?
How does it work for unattended installs when you need to get the text mode driver into the setup manifest?
-- Gerry Hickman (London UK)

Hi Jevon,
Thanks for the udpate, it makes a lot more sense now and sounds like an improvement, in that you can now use USB and CD.
Jevon wrote:

I had success getting it installed using the Windows 2003 drivers. Haven't had a chance for extensive testing yet but everything seems to be working fine.
I meant in the root of the floppy, USB, etc. I used a floppy in the end. I copied the driver files from OS specific directory to the root of the floppy and the Vista setup was able to find and recognise it. I wasn't able to find any documentation, so it was somewhat trial and error apart from a forum posting somewhere that gave me the hint of copying to the root of the floppy. When you press the Install Driver button it asks you to insert the floppy, USB drive, CD, etc. For me, only the floppy option worked but I didn't test extensively.
No idea about unattended installs, it's not my forte :)
Hope this helps...
Jevon
"Gerry Hickman" wrote in message Jevon wrote:
Just did some testing in a VM and it looks like the files do need to be in the root, rather than the standard txtsetup.oem style. I'll have a play over the weekend and report back. In the "root" of what??
If you mean the root of the drive which is attached to the controller it needs a driver to be able to see, it sounds like catch-22!
Are there any docs about supplying 3rd party drivers at Vista setup time? I'd assumed if you press the "install driver" button in the setup program it would offer to read from CD, USB Stick, Floppy etc?
How does it work for unattended installs when you need to get the text mode driver into the setup manifest?
-- Gerry Hickman (London UK)

-- Gerry Hickman (London UK)