[Comage]

Hi all, I've been trying to do the above, but it seems that during Windows XP setup, the initialization sequence just keeps telling me "No disk found".

What gives? I already used nLite and I downloaded the drivers off Adaptec's website, and I inserted into nLite as text-mode only drivers. It just does not work.

Has anyone out there successfully slipstreamed SCSI drivers into the WinXP installation disc using nLite?

Please advise. Thank you very much in advance.

[johnhc]

Comage, plenty of people, including me, have included SATA/RAID drivers (Setup calls them SCSI or Mass Storage), but I do not know if anyone has included real live SCSI drivers. I see no reason why it will not work, though. If you are using nLite, then unless you have disabled OEM Preinstall in the Unattended section, you cannot use F6 to include any drivers. Obviously, Setup finding no drives sounds like a driver problem. I had a problem recently with 3Ware RAID drivers with the same message. It turned out to be an over anxious txtsetup.oem file allowing USB drives to be used to include the drivers. Please give us more detail, and, please attach (not paste) your Last Session.ini. Make sure to always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders, do all your work in one nLite session and integrate only one SP. Please report when you have a solution, so others can benefit. Also attach you txtsetup.oem file for the SCSI driver. Enjoy, John.

[Comage]

Hello john. My installation disc originally came with SP2. I slipstreamed SP3 into the disc and am now using nLite with this SP3 disc.

Does that mean I have to use the SP2 disc to slipstream my SCSI drivers?

[Fernando 1]

Comage, on Nov 10 2009, 09:26 AM, said:

Does that mean I have to use the SP2 disc to slipstream my SCSI drivers?

No, you can slipstream the needed textmode driver into any XP version. What John meant was, that you should not integrate more than 1 SP (regardless the SP version).
Additional questions:
1. Has your hdd been detected by the BIOS?
2. Are you running your hdd(s) in RAID or AHCI Mode?
3. Is your hdd/RAID listed as bootable device within the mainboard BIOS (first bootable device: CD/DVD-ROM, second bootable device: your hdd/RAID)?
4. Which special Adaptec adapter (exact name) are you using?
5. Which Adaptec driver (name and version) did you slipstream into the XP CD?

[beats]

Quote

1. Has your hdd been detected by the BIOS?
2. Are you running your hdd(s) in RAID or AHCI Mode?
3. Is your hdd/RAID listed as bootable device within the mainboard BIOS (first bootable device: CD/DVD-ROM, second bootable device: your hdd/RAID)?

All of those have nothing to do with not being able to see/boot from an Adaptec SCSI controller.

Make sure the Adaptec SCSI controller is set as the primary boot device in your PC BIOS, and make sure that you've configured your Adaptec card + SCSI drives as well (press CTRL+A to get in the Adaptec BIOS).

[jaclaz]

johnhc, on Nov 9 2009, 11:53 PM, said:

It turned out to be an over anxious txtsetup.oem file allowing USB drives to be used to include the drivers.

Sorry for the OT , but I would be interested in understanding more of the above.

In my experience txtsetup.oem's have always been kinda relaxed type of files , but didn't allow USB drives, I would be interested in makng a pretty much calm txtsetup.oem that allowed drivers on USB drives.

jaclaz

[Fernando 1]

jaclaz, on Nov 10 2009, 12:01 PM, said:

johnhc, on Nov 9 2009, 11:53 PM, said:

It turned out to be an over anxious txtsetup.oem file allowing USB drives to be used to include the drivers.

Sorry for the OT , but I would be interested in understanding more of the above.
In my experience txtsetup.oem's have always been kinda relaxed type of files , but didn't allow USB drives, I would be interested in makng a pretty much calm txtsetup.oem that allowed drivers on USB drives.

Here is the link to the related thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/cannot-find-hard...er-t139159.html

[Comage]

beats, on Nov 10 2009, 06:59 PM, said:

Quote

1. Has your hdd been detected by the BIOS?
2. Are you running your hdd(s) in RAID or AHCI Mode?
3. Is your hdd/RAID listed as bootable device within the mainboard BIOS (first bootable device: CD/DVD-ROM, second bootable device: your hdd/RAID)?

All of those have nothing to do with not being able to see/boot from an Adaptec SCSI controller.

Make sure the Adaptec SCSI controller is set as the primary boot device in your PC BIOS, and make sure that you've configured your Adaptec card + SCSI drives as well (press CTRL+A to get in the Adaptec BIOS).

Hi beats, my drive has already been detected by BIOS. It is already set up as primary boot device (I used to install WinXP on the same rig with the same BIOS settings, until my floppy disk drive broke, which was why I resorted to using nlite).

I slipstreamed the drivers using txtmode and PnP, but both did not work at all.

[Fernando 1]

Comage, on Nov 10 2009, 02:14 PM, said:

I slipstreamed the drivers using txtmode and PnP, but both did not work at all.

You have to integrate the driver as TEXTMODE, otherwise Setup will not detect the hdd.
I repeat my question:
Which Adaptec adapter are you using and which driver did you integrate?

[beats]

Your Adaptec SCSI controller... what is the exact model you have?

[Comage]

It's an Adaptec 29320A-R.

May I know if the drivers MUST be MS-certified?

From the drivers page, I was using the one with HostRAID enabled (version 3.00.00.63 for Windows 2000, 2003 & XP):

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/downloads/ms/...I+Card+29320A-R

This post has been edited by Comage: 10 November 2009 - 07:47 AM

[Comage]

I tried the windows certified drivers v1.02 on the drivers page for my adapter, and it didn't work. Another CD-R wasted.

My last session .ini is attached in this message.

Attached File(s)

•  Last_Session.ini (2.09K)
  Number of downloads: 10

[beats]

Drivers must be certified. Do you use HostRAID? If not, the drivers you use now will not work.
The latest version for use without HostRAID is v7.0.0.6:
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/speed/scsi/wi...32_cert_exe.htm
( I know this driver works, because I use it myself... I have the same adapter).

[Comage]

Now that sure is mighty strange. Why wouldn't the other window-certified drivers work?

As a matter of fact, I do use HostRAID.

[Comage]

beats, on Nov 10 2009, 10:42 PM, said:

Drivers must be certified. Do you use HostRAID? If not, the drivers you use now will not work.
The latest version for use without HostRAID is v7.0.0.6:
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/speed/scsi/wi...32_cert_exe.htm
( I know this driver works, because I use it myself... I have the same adapter).

OK beats. Thanks for the heads up. Using v7.0.0.6 and with HostRAID disabled on my controller, I can now get the WinXP setup to detect the hard drives.

Now if only someone could point me in the right way to get the drivers with HostRAID enabled... that would be of great help!

[Fernando 1]

Although Adaptec writes, that the driver v3.00.00.63 is designed for W2k, XP and W2k3, it seems to be just a driver for Windows 2000.
I realized that after having done a look into the TXTSETUP.OEM file.

[johnhc]

Comage, I think most of your issues have been dealt with by all the others, but I have one concern. How did you slip SP3? I see you are using Vista (or W7) to run nLite to create an ISO for XP. This may well not work. Is it possible for you to run nLite under XP (32 bit)? Enjoy, John.

EDIT: You might consider rewritable media. I use DVD+R/W for my HW testing. Saves lots of coasters.

This post has been edited by johnhc: 10 November 2009 - 10:38 AM

[jaclaz]

@Fernando
Thanks , I misinterpreted johnc, I read "USB drives" (which is what he wrote ) instead of "USB Floppy".

jaclaz

[Comage]

Fernanado 1: Is there any way to edit this txtsetup.oem to get it to work with the slipstream? The weird thing is that last time when I did a reinstallation of Windows XP (and when I had a working FDD), the drivers on the floppy worked good in allowing detection of the SCSI drives.

If it worked with a floppy, I don't understand what's preventing the slipstream process from working. Moreover, I used v1.02 of the drivers on that driver page, and during initialization, I saw "Adaptec SCSI v1.02xxxx" being loaded in the message area at the bottom of the setup window.

johnhc: I slipstreamed the SP3 when I had a good working WinXP setup in the same box. Until I upgraded my box and I had to do a reinstallation, and I realised my FDD was spoilt, which led to me trying to use nlite to slipstream my SCSI drivers, which led to... ah you know the rest. ;-)

Rewriteable media, yeah I found one stashed away in a corner. It's just tough to find these nowadays, and nobody buys them off the shelves anymore.

Now if only Adaptec would release drivers for Windows7 or if I could get these to work properly under WindowsXP...

[Fernando 1]

Comage, on Nov 10 2009, 11:06 PM, said:

Fernanado 1: Is there any way to edit this txtsetup.oem to get it to work with the slipstream?

You may try to integrate the attached driver, but I am very unsure, if this minor modification will help.
 Adaptec_Host_RAID_SCSI_driver_for_XP_32bit.rar (117.76K)
Number of downloads: 8