Hi everyone, I thank you in advance for your help.
I am trying to install Windows 2008 Server onto a PC sonfigured as:
Gigabyte X58-UD3R, i7920, 6GB RAM, with the following HDD configs:
1x 500GB WD Caviar Blue hanging off the IDE cable as primary (with a DVDRW as secondary)
6x 2TB WD Caviar Green as one RAID 5 Volume hanging of the ICH10R SATA controller
2x 2TB WD Caviar Green as RAID 1 hanging off the Marvell controller
In the BIOS I have:
eXtreme HD Enabled
ICH SATA Control Mode RAID (XHD)
eSATA Controller Enabled
eSATA Ctrl Mode AHCI
GSATA 6_7 Enabled
GSATA 6_& Ctrl Mode AHCI
SATA3 RAID Mode Control Auto
GSATA 8_9 IDE Enabled
GSATA 8_9 Ctrl Mode RAID/IDE
When the install disk boots, it shows the 500GB drive, and I can select it for install (after crating a primary partition). Once I hit next I get "Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for installation"
If I create two RAID 5 Volumes (one as 150GB, the second as the rest of the space) and I load the ICH10R drivers during install, the SW will install into the RAID 5 150GB volume... I can see the IDE 500GB drive, but cannot point the installer to it.
Ultimately, I want the OS on the IDE 500GB so I can leave the 6x 2TB drives for the RAID 5 array. Any ideas what am I doing wrong please.
Thanks!
Marc