[jaws75]

I have an Asus K8V SE Deluxe with the promise pdc20378 and the via 6420 raid controlers.
I have had the drivers integrated into text mode for a long time now this is what I do.

My winnt.sif has
[Data]
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

as well as
[Unattended]
OemPreinstall=Yes
OemPnPDriversPath="D\raid"
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

D\raid folder is located at on my CD root

$OEM$\$1\D\raid

In the D\raid folder I have both controler drivers files.
Fasttx2k.cat,fasttx2k.INF,fasttx2k.sys,ptipbmf.dll,viamraid.cat,VIAMRAID.INF,viamraid.sys

You must put the cabbed files
fasttx2k.sy_ and viamraid.sy_
in you i386 folder so they are copied in text mode.
In my TXTSETUP.SIF I have

[SourceDisksFiles]
fasttx2k.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1
viamraid.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1

[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_3376 = "fasttx2k"
PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_3373 = "fasttx2k"
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149 = "viamraid"

[SCSI.load]
fasttx2k = fasttx2k.sys, 4
viamraid = viamraid.sys, 4

[scsi]
fasttx2k = "Promise FastTrak 376/378 (tm) Controller"
viamraid = "Via VT8237 Sata Raid Controller"

You must put that before the sometimes invisible marker at the end of txtsetup.sif.

Note if you use nlite you must do this after nliting it. Everytime I did this before it would crash at install.

THAT'S IT!
You should see the drives attached without using F6.

I hope this helps.

:addon:

SynMonger, on Jul 11 2006, 12:25 AM, said:

When I attempt this myself I get "The file 'ulsata.sys' was not found".

Did you have a cabbed version of it in your i386 folder?

ulsata.sy_

This post has been edited by jaws75: 11 July 2006 - 11:51 PM

[SynMonger]

Thank you for the information, and I had forgotten to cab the ulsata.sys file

Using the tips given it will now make it to the text mode portion of the install, and sees the single SATA drive connected.

The entire installation of windows goes through normally, and on the last reboot, that should go the desktop (or OOBE) for the first time, it restarts. Safe mode also restarts.

So I am back where I started it seems.

I am installing a single SATA drive, is it still possible to use the RAID driver, and set the controller to RAID mode, since it seems I'm getting nowhere with the SATA driver and IDE mode?

EDIT:

Changed over to RAID and used the fasttx2k driver, and still get the restarts on the initial boot to desktop after setup completes.

This post has been edited by SynMonger: 14 July 2006 - 12:06 AM

[the_doc735]

RyanVM, on Jan 25 2005, 03:09 PM, said:

This has been covered time and time again. You can NOT load drivers from a floppy if you're using an unattended CD.

That's all well and good for you to say as a seasoned pro but that guy was a newbie at the time of writing/posting so obviously he wouldn't know that it had been covered time and time again - doh!

Please show some patience to newbies - thanx!

Bâshrat the Sneaky, on Jan 26 2005, 09:08 PM, said:

I think the Promise 378 drivers are currently not anymore in the DriverPack, because of incompatiblity issues. It will be added to the new rebuild, though!

I don't see these in the mass driver pack?
[only: viaMraid]...

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