PROB | mass storage driver: VIA SATA

[Theimon]

I've been searching the forums all day so far but I couldn't find the answer (or I overlooked :/)

I've integrated the VIA Sata drivers(Asus A8V Deluxe mobo with VIA VT8237 controller) with nLite into a Windows Xp x64 installation. That didn't work. Setup couldn't find my SATA disk. So I searched and found another method (by trainee I believe). Setup finds the driver but then halts the copy, giving me an error #18, at line 1896 in file d:\srvrtm\base\boot\setup\oemdisk.c.

Been at it for about 3-4 hours now, so I decided to ask you guys. On the install I made a folder called $OEM$\TXTMODE, I put the driver files in there, uncompressed. I could quote the txtsetup and winnt files but since they're quite large I put them in a zip file along with the txtsetup.oem file.

It would be greatly appreciated if someone could download it and correct it where necessary. Thank you in advance.

TheimonsSATAProbs.zip

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Try the txtsetup.sif method of section #1.

[Theimon]

First of all thank you for replying.

I followed the guide on Green Machine (same as the Official guide from MSFN, I think?). I made sure things looked exactly the same as what's on those pages.....but it fails :'(

I still get the #18 error (unexpected error on line 1896 etc.).

I put the driver files on cdrom in the following folder: "$OEM$\$1\Drivers\001\VIA" and let my winnt.sif refer to it as:

[Unattended]
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\001\VIA"

Entries to the SATA drivers in my txtsetup.sif (according to the example on Green Machine):

[SourceDisksFiles]
viamrx64.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4

[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0591 = "viamrx64"
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249 = "viamrx64"
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149 = "viamrx64"
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3164 = "viamrx64"

[SCSI.Load]
viamrx64 = viamrx64.sys,4

[SCSI]
viamrx64 = "VIA VT8237/6421/6410 SATA RAID Controller(SRV2003/XP-x64)"

To complete it, my txtsetup.oem file (is this one causing the problem??)

[Disks]
D-x64-NT5-RAID="VIA RAID Combo Driver Diskette",\AMD64\VIAMRX64

[Defaults]
scsi = VCOMBORAID_x64_NT5


[SCSI]
VCOMBORAID_x64_NT5="VIA VT8251/8237/8237A/6421/6410 SATA RAID Controller(SRV2003/XP-x64)"

[Files.SCSI.VCOMBORAID_x64_NT5]
driver = D-x64-NT5-RAID, viamrx64.sys, CFG_NT5
inf = D-x64-NT5-RAID, viamrx64.inf
catalog = D-x64-NT5-RAID, viamrx64.cat


[config.CFG_NT5]
value = parameters\PnpInterface,5,REG_DWORD,1

[HardwareIds.scsi.VCOMBORAID_x64_NT5]
id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3349","viamrx64"
id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0591","viamrx64"
id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249","viamrx64"
id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149","viamrx64"
id = "PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3164","viamrx64"

I have a compressed viamrx64.sy_ in my AMD64 folder (since it's a x64 installation).

I'm lost at the moment, I just can't figure out where the error is coming from. But I'd really like it to work. I haven't got a floppydrive anymore, so hitting F6 won't get me anywhere.

Any help would be appreciated...

Edited February 6, 2006 by Theimon

[Theimon]

I made a clean installation cd, nothing added, nothing removed, just the VIA SATA driver according exactly to the txtsetup.inf. No luck. I made 25 coasters already, and I don't know where to go now.

Is it at all possible to integrate VIA SATA drivers with a Windows x64 installation???

[Guest]

I made 25 coasters already...

Have you thought to use CD-RWs for testing, or do you plan to use all those coasters for skeet shooting?

[Theimon]

Didn't have any RW's, and they were relatively cheap cd-r's so that ain't the biggest problem. It's just irritating that I can't get it to work :|