new Via Busmaster drivers doesnt support RAID

The new Via Busmaster drivers does not support raid under win2k. I got two IBM 46Gigs 75GXP, no good. . you get LDM Errors when you try to partition them. I dont know about you others though. . For you who dont know what i'm talking about: SOFTWARE RAID! radx.

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by radx, 2001-02-25 19:46

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radx

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#41190

2001-02-25 20:46

The new Via Busmaster drivers does not support raid under win2k.
I got two IBM 46Gigs 75GXP, no good.. you get LDM Errors when you try to partition them. I dont know about you others though..

For you who dont know what i'm talking about: SOFTWARE RAID!

radx

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Four and Twenty

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#41191

2001-02-25 21:25

why use software raid when ata100 raid controllers are dirt cheap. I have two in my sys.

radx

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#41192

2001-02-25 21:30

who cares what you got? this is not about what you got! this is a driver issue and not a brag issue you moron! i'm merely informing people that they do not work with software!

badboy

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#41193

2001-02-25 21:33

You need three hard drives to pull off software Raid in Windows 2000 you cant do it with two ! read this artical it will give the info you looking for good luck. http://www.buyoverclocked.com/information/win2kraid/w_setup.asp

radx

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#41194

2001-02-25 23:18

I got a 34GXP as a boot drive. And two 75GXP as slaves on the secondary controller. I am using the softraid as i type now, BUT i am not using the via controller drivers. So yes of course i am awhere you need atleast three drives.