Intel Mac Tower / RAID Utility question

I have a new Intel Mac tower with three 500 gb hard drives and a RAID card inside. I am attempting to create a RAID5 with 2 partitions (one 60 gb for os and other programs, and another partition with just under 900 gb for file sharing) - Trying to install mac osx tiger server (10 Client version) on my 60gb partition. I was able to do the following: boot machine from Client Install CD that came with the tower(as far as I know the tiger server os disk that I purchased does not have a RAID utility on it), used the RAID utility to create a RAID5, used the RAID utility to create the 2 partitions. Everything appears to work just fine after the RAID builds and partitions are created on them. Now if I either attempt to boot from the install disk for either mac os x server, OR from mac os x client os, I get to the point where you choose the partition (or volume) to install the os on, and I see NO VOLUME in the window below. Am I doing something wrong? If I need to give more detail please let me know.
Thanks for any help in advance!
Eric

Hi there ... i think i see what your issue is about.
1) You bought a new MacPro CTO with the Raid card and want to turn your internal into a Raid 5 install.
2) The raid card is again spanking brand new hardware in the machine and the actual support for the card does not come before 10.5 Server which is still on the way but you can certainly circumvent the issue with using a external drive install 10.4.x on the external and clone the external to your internal raid 5 to use as your boot drive.
3) Make certain your partition on your 10.4 install is GUID on your raid. This is found in the Disk Utility options under the partition tab.
4) Make sure your Mac os X server install DVD is 10.4.x Universal .. Do not use a 10.4 Server for PPC on a MacPro you ll meet 20 tons of worries . I would as well run the updates on the external drive first so when you clone you are up to 10.4.10 with all appropriate updates and utilities . As a safety measure installing your AppleRaid Card utility on the external drive would be a wise move so if they are updates to the utility they shall be taken into account.
For a good clonning utility look for carbon copy cloner . it is not one of the fastest cloners out there but it is ROCK solid and fully supports 10.4.x server and a life saver as well.

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