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clsmith View Member Profile	Jan 25 2005, 07:44 AM Post #1
Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 16-December 04 Member No.: 38702	I recently picked up a Tyan board with a Promise PDC20378 controller on it. I'm using it in SATA mode not RAID. I already had a built (nLite, SP2, custom unattended setup) XP-Pro CD that I've been using for a while but it didn't have the new drivers on it yet. So I started an install hitting the 'F6' button during the initial setup to install the 378 drivers. All seemed to go fine: hit 'F6', setup asked for drivers, hit 'S' and selected the XP SATA drives, hit 'Enter' to continue etc.... Setup then asked me which partition to use (it saw the disk!!) so I selected the partition, formatted it NTFS - then the problem started. Just as the text-mode setup started "generating a list of files to be copied" I got an error message telling me that "Setup cannot copy the file: UlSata.sys"! At first I thought this was an nLite problem as when I used my original XP-Pro SP1 disk I was able to get past that copy point. Upon further testing I found that it wasn't nLite it was the unattended setup! If burned another nLite CD using the same files but removed the WINNT.SIF then setup was able to find/copy the UlSata.sys file - but I lost my unattended settings/scripts. I did try and slipstream the drivers into the CD using GreenMachine's instructions but I got the same 'cannot copy file' error. Any ideas? CLS

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mc134 View Member Profile	Feb 6 2005, 12:01 AM Post #2
Junior Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 15-January 04 From: Nashville, TN Member No.: 12564	After 5 weeks of working on the Promise Driver problem I have finally got it working flawlessly. I have an Asus A8V Deluxe Motherboard with the Promise 20378 SATA Controller on it as well as the VIA SATA controller. Using Bâshrat the Sneaky's Mass Storage Driver Pack the VIA would install everytime but the promise would always fail to detect. This is how i got it working no matter which controller that you attach the drives to. This solution is not perfect but it works for me!! Here is my TXTSETUP.SIF Config CODE [SourceDisksFiles] hpt3xx.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 ulsata.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 ulsata2.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 fasttrak.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 viapdsk.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 viamraid.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_1103&DEV_0004 = "hpt3xx" PCI\VEN_1103&DEV_0005 = "hpt3xx" PCI\VEN_1103&DEV_0005&SUBSYS_100415BD = "hpt3xx" PCI\VEN_1103&DEV_0006 = "hpt3xx" PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_3373&SUBSYS_80F51043&REV_02 = "ulsata" PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_3373&SUBSYS_80F51043 = "ulsata" PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_3373&CC_010400 = "ulsata" PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_3373&CC_0104 = "ulsata" PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_3D75 = "ulsata2" PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_3D18 = "ulsata2" SCSI\ProcessorPromise_SATA_Console____ = "ulsata2" PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_5275 = "fasttrak" PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_7275 = "fasttrak" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_4149 = "viapdsk" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149 = "viamraid" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149&SUBSYS_80ED1043&REV_80 = "viamraid" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149&SUBSYS_80ED1043 = "viamraid" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149&CC_010400 = "viamraid" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149&CC_0104 = "viamraid" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3164 = "viamraid" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249 = "viamraid" [SCSI.Load] hpt3xx = hpt3xx.sys,4 ulsata = ulsata.sys,4 ulsata2 = ulsata2.sys,4 fasttrak = fasttrak.sys,4 viapdsk = viapdsk.sys,4 viamraid = viamraid.sys,4 [SCSI] hpt3xx = "HighPoint HPT3xx ATA100 Controllers" ulsata = "WinXP Promise SATA378 (tm) IDE Controller" ulsata2 = "Promise SATA Console SCSI Processor" fasttrak = "WinXP Promise MBFastTrak133 Lite (tm) Controller" viapdsk = "VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller" viamraid = "VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller" I only have the ulsata and the ulsata2 drivers in the same folder. The problem all along was the promise drivers not playing nice with one another. I think the problem is actually the "fasttx2k" driver but i have not tested to see if this is the actual culprit. You can leave all of the drivers included in bashrats mass storage alone but i chose to remove the other promise drivers because i got tired of seing the BSOD! Hope this helps everyone having problems with Promise drivers!!

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clsmith Yet another Promise SATA/RAID problem Jan 25 2005, 07:44 AM

RyanVM This has been covered time and time again. You can... Jan 25 2005, 08:09 AM

clsmith QUOTE (RyanVM @ Jan 25 2005, 08:09 AM)...You ... Jan 25 2005, 08:51 AM

Bâshrat the Sneaky QUOTE (clsmith @ Jan 25 2005, 04:51 PM)QUOTE ... Jan 26 2005, 09:03 AM

clsmith QUOTE (Bâshrat the Sneaky @ Jan 26 2005, 09:0... Jan 26 2005, 10:28 AM

Corvettaholic What I've noticed with the driverpack is that ... Jan 26 2005, 01:58 PM

Bâshrat the Sneaky I think the Promise 378 drivers are currently not ... Jan 26 2005, 02:08 PM

the_doc735 QUOTE (RyanVM @ Jan 25 2005, 03:09 PM) Th... Sep 19 2006, 06:31 PM

clsmith QUOTE (Bâshrat the Sneaky @ Jan 26 2005, 02:0... Jan 26 2005, 10:28 PM

Cunning1inguist so, why can't you just use nLite to slipstream... Jan 27 2005, 11:19 PM

clsmith QUOTE (Cunning1inguist @ Jan 27 2005, 11:19 P... Feb 2 2005, 10:11 AM

Cunning1inguist QUOTE (clsmith @ Jan 26 2005, 12:28 PM)Does a... Feb 4 2005, 10:43 PM

painkilla is this the same controlller as mine on my MSI K8T... Feb 5 2005, 11:19 AM

mc134 After 5 weeks of working on the Promise Driver pro... Feb 6 2005, 12:01 AM

SynMonger QUOTE (mc134 @ Feb 6 2005, 01:01 AM) Afte... Jul 11 2006, 02:25 AM

Cunning1inguist QUOTE (clsmith @ Feb 2 2005, 12:11 PM)QUOTE (... Feb 6 2005, 03:01 AM

Cunning1inguist QUOTE (mc134 @ Feb 6 2005, 02:01 AM)After 5 w... Feb 6 2005, 03:08 AM

mc134 The hpt3xx driver was for another motherboard that... Feb 6 2005, 11:21 AM

bozinafreak If you can't get em to install un attended the... Mar 20 2005, 06:00 PM

mark49 QUOTE WinXP Promise SATA378 ™ IDE Controller (ulsa... Mar 23 2005, 10:29 PM

Daddyulike hey thius might be helpfull to all the people out ... Sep 10 2005, 07:17 AM

jaws75 I have an Asus K8V SE Deluxe with the promise pdc2... Jul 11 2006, 11:45 PM

SynMonger Thank you for the information, and I had forgotten... Jul 13 2006, 12:10 AM

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