Anyone having problems 875 XP RAID install READ THIS!

I was having problems installing windows XP on my new 875P Neo FIS2R Board using a 2 disk SATA RAID 0 Array. A breif run down on my system:
MSI 875P Neo FIS2R
P4 3.0 800MHz
1.0 GB DDR400
2x Segate SATA 120GB
PNY QuadroFX 1000 AGPx8
Swiftech H20-8500PV Watercooling sys.
and misc. other crap
So, I was all ready to install XP, even got as far as the first reboot after formating and copying files, when after I rebooted I got an error mess. -
"Windows could not start because of a computer hardware disk configuration problem.
Could not read from selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.
Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information."
After trying numerous configurations of the HDD's and BIOS I came to the conclusion that was not the prob. After loading the XP recovery console i could see that the files were successfully copied to the Striped RAID 0 Array i had set up. Opening up the boot.ini file in the root of c:\ I saw this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
Now, having had to trouble shoot multi-boot systems i knew a little about the boot.ini file. The "rdisk(x)" field was troubling me because it points the computer to the physical disk with the os on it, and it said rdisk(1) which actually refers to the 2nd disk not the first. So I changed the boot.ini to read:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
* note i changed the rdisk field to "rdisk(0)"
Mind you that I had to first install XP to an IDE drive to be able to access the boot.ini file on the RAID Array unless you can do it in the recovery console, I was unable to. Also, you must remove the "read only" attribute on the boot.ini file to be able to save it; don't forget to change it back.
After I changed the boot.ini I shutdown the comp. and disconnected the IDE drive I had used to access the RAID Array and rebooted. Sure enough, the damn thing booted right up and continued the install!!! Woot!
Anyway, I don't exactly know where the problem is generated but this is a work around that worked for me. I know at least 6 people have posted here w/similar problems so i thought that this might help.

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