Installing RAID driver

I have assembled a system with a P965 Platinum, C2D E6700, 2 Seagate SATA II HD, DVDRW and CDRW. I have the HD in SATA 1 and SATA2 and the dvdrw and cdrw in the IDE. I have a FD added just for setup of the RAID. When I started the system I was able to ctrl-I and configure the RAID just fine. On the next boot, with the OS CD in ( XP Media Center) I get to the opening screen where it tells me to press F6 to install the RAID drivers. I press F6 but nothing happens. The system seems to pause but the FD is never accessed to look for the drivers. Eventually the installation program starts and of course says there are no drivers installed for the hardware. I have changed floppy drives, cables and keyboards with no success. What am I missing or doing wrong? I know the FD is working ok because if I leave the floppy with the RAID drivers in at startup the system reads the FD and tells me it's a non system drive.

Problem solved. It was a bad floppy disk. It would read on my old computer but not the new one. Put the RAID files on another floppy and worked like a champ.

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How to install RAID driver in Windows Vista on Qosmio G35-Av600?

I have the Windows Vista Home Preminm Upgrade Pakage. When I start the insallation process, the setup asks for Toshiba Raid Driver. So I click in Load Driver button and choose the folder where the driver is in, as said on the guide, but the setup says that there is no driver found for this drive.
What is the reason and what is the solution?

Hi
Did you choose the right RAID driver???
It seems this Qosmio notebook was designed for the US market and therefore you should download the driver from the US page:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp
There is RAID driver designed especially for the Vista. At this time its 1.10.0016 version.
Please note that you will have to extract this file before installing the RAID driver!!!

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I cannot install windows 7 x64 with AMD/ASUS RAID driver

Trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on an ASUS M5A97 mobo with AMD SB850 RAID, two WD 750GB drives configured as RAID 0. No drives are recognized by W7 install, so I choose Load Drivers. I put the drivers on a USB stick. Install finds the drivers there,
starts loading them, then comes back with "Installing an unsigned 64 bit driver is not supported and may result in an unstable Windows installation." I downloaded the latest drivers from ASUS website which are WHQL certified (as are the one's on the motherboard
disk). I saw other posts that recommend clicking Repair instead of Install, but I don't see where that option is. All I am given as options are Upgrade or Install. Choosing Upgrade tells me to boot Windows first. But this is a brand new install so...
I tried pressing F8 as setup was booting and chose "Disable Signed Driver Requirement" but that had no effect at all. If I turn off the RAID W7 sees both disks and happily installs. I see related posts going back to 2009; surely someone has
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Da Bomb

Hi guys,
I have been struggling with the same issue.
Win7 x64. Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 Mobo with Intel core i7-3930K at 3.20 GHz
Marvell 88SE9172 SATA RAID controller with two Hitachi 500 GB spinning disks configured as RAID1
Windows would get to the point of asking for a mass storage drive. It would not see the RAID I had created.
Tried every driver I could find. Tried drivers from the "Station Drivers" website. Tried Marvell drivers for the same chip from the ASUS website. No luck. Tried loading from CD as well as USB flash drive. Always the same result... Windows would find
the drivers appropriate for the hardware found, I would select the RAID version, and after a few seconds, would report that the drivers were unsigned, and the installation was not supported for 64-bit drivers. Clicking OK would take me back to the load drivers
display with no new drives listed in the available drives window.
I tried hitting F8 during startup, and selected the "allow install of unsigned drivers option". That didn't do ANYTHING. Still the same error.
Someone suggested putting the drivers in the root directory. That didn't work. I also disabled all other drives except one CD rom and a USB drive and made sure that my RAID array was the first drive in the boot list.
Tried doing a windows repair, as someone else suggested. (This is an option that is available on the install disk I am using. It's enabled as part of EMS (emergency management services) in setup. Anyway, this was reported to be a workaround
to the signed driver issue. It would allow me to browse to the individual files, but no matter which one I selected, the response was "cannot find hardware appropriate to the driver selected" or some such nonesense. So I gave up on that.
Doing the install with the controller in IDE mode with just one drive connected, would result is Windows installing without a hitch. The problem was clearly when I presented 64-bit windows with a controller in RAID mode.
Long story less long, here's what worked for me....
Out of desperation, I began trying other subfolders in the driver lists. The Gigabyte manual indicated that the AMD64 subfolder was the correct one for the Marvell controller, when using RAID mode with 64-bit Windows. After trying every subfolder of
every driver I could find, the driver in the i386 folder actually worked. It initially came back with the same error about unsigned drivers, but after clicking OK, my RAID drive showed up in the list. I have been able to partition and format
the drive from within Windows setup, and am continuing with the install now. Hopefully won't be any problems booting from the drive post install, but so far it looks good, and I'm relieved that I was able to get it this far.
The whole process has been one of the most frustrating computing experiences I've ever had. This is what it was like back in the 90's when building PCs from scratch. I'm amazed that in this day and age the process is still so poorly documented
and filled with potholes, traps and caveats. Shame on the entire PC industry for allowing this to continue. I'm not asking that they jump in and try to automate it and do all the thinking for me (their solution for everything lately)...all I'm asking for it
clear, concise and accurate INFORMATION.
With the right information, and software that provides accurate feedback, this would all be easy...and even fun.
Hope this helps someone faced with the same problem.

Qosmio G30: Cannot install Windows 7 due to missing RAID driver

Hi,
I have been trying to instal Win 7 Home Premium in G30 running Win XP (Media Edition) without success.
The issue is Toshiba Raid driver is missing.
I have since download and install new driver (V1.10.0016).
Still Win 7 upgrade s/w didn't recongise.
Has everyone successfully upgraded the OS?
Thank you.
Oz Toshi

> Has everyone successfully upgraded the OS?
Did you read some of the previous threads crated here in the Qosmio G forum?
For example like this one:
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=48489
You could use the Vista RAID driver in order to install Win 7.
Its works properly as it was mentioned in the other thread.

HOW TO install RAID/ AHCI 975x PUE Driver Guide

As below on how to install the matrix driver, there is no 'how to install on a system not already preconfigured with raid/AHCI'. This driver creates a F6 Floppy disc, why? because windows will not recognise your hard in AHCI mode without the driver installed. This is why we get a reboot with AHCI enabled. It gets to a point then when windows loads with no driver it reboots. If you try to load the driver first, the hard ware has not been enabled so there is nothing to install. Reinstall Windows is the only way.
* 5. INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
5.1 General Installation Notes
1. If you are installing the operating system on a system
configured for RAID or AHCI mode, you must pre-install
the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager driver using the
F6 installation method described in section 5.3.
2. The 'Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility'
must be installed on the system after a supported
Microsoft* Windows* operating system has been installed.
3. To install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager,
double-click on the self-extracting and self-installing
setup file and answer all prompts presented.
4. By default, all installed files (readme.txt, help, etc.)
are copied to the following path:
<bootdrive>\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager
5.2 InstallShield* Installation from Hard Drive or CD-ROM
Note: This method is applicable to systems configured for
RAID or AHCI mode.
1. Download the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager setup file
and double-click to self-extract and to begin the setup
process.
2. The 'Welcome' window appears. Click on the Next button
to continue.
3. The 'Uninstallation Warning' window appears. Click on
the Next button to continue.
4. The 'Software License Agreement' window appears. If you
agree to these terms, click on the Yes button to
continue.
5. The 'Choose Destination Location' window appears.
Click on the Next button to continue.
6. The 'Select Program Folder' window appears. Click on
the Next button to continue installing the driver.
7. If the InstallShield* Wizard Complete window is shown
without a prompt to restart the system, click the Finish
button and proceed to step 8. If it is shown with a
prompt to restart the system, click 'Yes, I want to
restart my computer now.' (the default selection) and
click the Finish button. Once the system has restarted,
proceed to step 8.
8. To verify that the driver was loaded correctly, refer
to Section 6.
5.3 Pre-Installation Using the F6 Method
Note:
The Steps 1 and 2 can be skipped if you use the F6 Floppy
disk utility provided by Intel. This utility can also be
downloaded from the following website. These methods
are applicable to systems configured for RAID or
AHCI mode.
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=1809
1. Extract all driver files from the installation package.
See Section 7.2 for instructions on extracting the
files.
2. Create a floppy containing the following files in the root directory:
iaAhci.inf, iaAhci.cat,
iaStor.inf, iaStor.cat,
iaStor.sys, and
TxtSetup.oem.
3. At the beginning of the operating system installation, press F6
to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.
4. When prompted, select 'S' to Specify Additional Device.
5. When prompted, insert the floppy disk you created in
step 2 and press Enter.
6. At this point you should be presented with a selection
for one of the following depending on your hardware
version and configuration:
- Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)
- Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH)
- Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH6R)
- Intel(R) 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop ICH6R)
- Intel(R) 82801FBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH6M)
- Intel(R) 82801ER SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH5R)
- Intel(R) 6300ESB SATA RAID Controller
7. Highlight the selection that is appropriate for the
hardware in your system and press Enter.
8. Press Enter again to continue. Leave the floppy disk in
the system until the next reboot as the software will
need to be copied from the floppy disk again when setup
is copying files

Well I went for it, RAID that is. I borrowed a 300GB SATA II Seagate Barracuda from work to backup to and got started. I shall layout how I did it for those having trouble.
So my old config was Maxtor SATA II 80 DiamondMax system drive and a Maxtor SATA I 250GB DiamondMax for Data. Now with the 300GB SATA II to backup to and running in IDE mode enhanced with speed disabled in bios. HDTach benchmarking is in above posts for these drives.
I copied all that data I wanted to extra drive and made a boot floppy and copied the files from the 975xPUE CD for the Intel RAID controller.
CDROM:\IDE\Intel\ICH7R\Floppy\32
Now I shut down my system, removed the bachup drive and entered the bios.
*I set back all my setting to default, no overclock.
*Integrated peripherals/Onboard JMB361 mode: Disabled JMicron controller
*Intergrated peripherals/SATA Devices Configuration/SATA Mode/ Set to RAID,
*SATA Port Speed/Disabled.
*Set system to boot from CDrom.
I put in my floppy and the XP CD and rebooted, CTRL +I to enter the Intel RAID setup and first thing I found out was that with my 80GB and 250GB drives in a RAID 0, I was getting 152GB of a logical drive. So I setup the RAID and rebooted.
80GB+250GB=152GB RAID 0 (I have about 200GB backed up, so I going to have to get another drive, SATA II 300 maybe)
Now the system booted off the XP CD and as it started to load, it read the floppy and I DID not press F6. I noticed that just before the setup screen the system loaded the driver automatically from the floppy. And low and behold it recognised my hard drive 152GB and I kicked off the install.
* Note: After Setup had finished formatting the partition, the system loaded the drivers from the floppy again and then started copying files from the CD before restarting to boot from the hard drive. So if you had already removed the floppy, the drivers for the Intel RAID controller would not be loaded and the second stage of install would never get started, blue screen or not recognise you hard drive.
The rest of the install went very quick and I installed all the drivers and NOW for the juicy bits.
Ok so I thought, how am I going to read my backup drive which is IDE/SATA on my system if it is in RAID. So I connected the drive to the Jmicron SATA port 5 enabled the JMicron controller in the bios and set it to IDE.
*NOTE: After I rebooted the Intel RAID had reverted back to IDE so I had to go back into the bios again and set it back to RAID. When I rebooted I got the Intel RAID slash screen and then the JMicon one showing me the 300GB and asking my to press a button to continue. Quite abit of extra startup time with both enabled.
Windows loaded fine and both my C: 152GB RAID 0 and D: 300GB were there, but the 300GB was showing as a removable device! I know there is a reg fix for that somewhere.
Benchmarking: This is the best bit!
Maxtor Diamond 80GB SATA II and 250GB SATA I = 150GB Logical RAID 0 test with HDTach 3, 8mb test:
Burst Speed : 320.9 mb/s
Average Read : 120.3 mb/s
Now that is some difference from IDE enhanced so well worth the effort!
IDE: Burst Speed: 215.3mb/s
Average Read: 59.0mb/s
Now I also tested the Seagate 300GB SATA II drive which is connected to the JMicron controller in IDE mode and the results show that the JMicron does not support SATA II drives but maxes out SATA I: so even if I do buy and extra drive will I be able to add it to the RAID 0 or will I be stuck with SATA I speeds on the JMicrom controller. No doubt I will soon find out.
Seagate: Burst Speed: 150.5 mb/s
Average Read: 50.5 mb/s
Thanks for the tip Insomniac34
Gaucho

Why can't I install the RAID driver?

I'm a newbie with a newly built system, I originally wanted to set up a RAID0 with my two drives but I ran into a problem using the instructions in the user's guide. No matter how many times I pressed F6 to install the RAID driver, it just won't load and pressing CTRL+I does nothing. Eventually I gave up and just install the drives as IDE drives and installed the OS on the first drive. After installing the OS, I tried to install the IAA RAID Edition but it keeps saying that I don't have the right I/O Controller installed even though I know I do because I checked it using Intel's chipid program. I'm running out of ideas, can anyone help me?

In Bios>>Integrated Peripherals>>On-Chip IDE Config:
You must have 'Configure SATA As Raid" set to "yes"
Then if you have the drives attached to Serial1&2 properly(data and power), you'll be able to use control-I to enter the Raid Utility and configure the Raid.
Then load the XP setup CD and hit F6 to install the Raid drivers and continue the WinXP installation.
The Intel IAA Raid Edition will Not install if it detects the Bios setting mentioned above is not enabled OR if there are no Raid configured drives.

Does mountain lion support install from a RAID drive?

does mountain lion support install from a RAID drive?

Apple does not support the 3rd party drives. To enable it (without installing another software package), you can visit the website:
http://digitaldj.net/2011/07/21/trim-enabler-for-lion/
I ran the series of commands on my Mac Pro and it did enable TRIM.
the webpage even has a backup/back-out procedure.
Without TRIM, my computer was running extremely slowly. After enabling TRIM, my computer ran substancially faster.

First time install probs with sata raid drive using k7n2g ilsr

hi all!!!
this is the first time i have tried 2 use a sata raid hdd. i dont use a raid drive for my c:, the raid drive is just extra space.
first i formated my pc. i installed the raid drivers, then xp. my pc worked fine. but then after a week it was time 2 try plug the drive in.
when i got my k7n2g ilsr motherboard i di not get a manual. so with the raid drivers installed, i just pluged in the raid drive. the drive seemed fine.... i formatted it and put a couple of games on. but after an hours usage the games would crash (high pitched tone instead of the audio, then full freeze).
i have tried putting these games back on my original drive and they work fine......
anyway....
i wanted 2 know if anyone had any ides what i was doing worng??? are there any settings in the bios that need changing when installing a raid drive????
thanks for any help!!!!!!!

ok still formatting drive..... looking over the files on the msi site for my motherboard it has 2 files available for raid drives:
the 'Promise Serial-ATA RAID Drivers' ( which i have installed)
and the 'Promise Serial-ATA RAID Utility' (which i dont hav installed)
do i need the Promise Serial-ATA RAID utility?? and if so how do i install it?? there are no setup files just dll files like the driver.... is istallation the same as the driver?
again, i thank u for your help!!!!!

Help Installing RAID Controller Driver

Solaris Express 11 live CD cannot find drives('format' output says "no drives found")
After booting up from Solaris Express 11 live CD,there is a message "Some device drivers cannot be found".
After clicking Device Driver Utility there are two storage related items in the list with 'missing drivers':
PromiseTechnology PDC20575 SATAII150 TX2plus
Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller
There is an option to install 'PromiseTechnology' driver,I clicking 'install',after a while it says "Installed successfully" but 'format' still cannot find anything.
The details for both items are below. How do I continue installation from this point ????
Many Thanks.
Driver URL:
node name: pci8086,3473
Vendor: Intel Corporation
Device: 631xESB/632xESB SATA RAID Controller
Sub-Vendor: Intel Corporation
binding name: pci8086,3473
devfs path: /pci@0,0/pci8086,3473
pci path: 0,1f,2
compatible name:
(pci8086,2682.8086.3473.9)(pci8086,2682.8086.3473)(pci8086,3473)(pci8086,2682.9)(pci8086,2682)(pciclass,010400)(pciclass,0104)
driver name: unknown
acpi-namespace: SB.PCI0.IDE1
assigned-addresses: 8100fa10
reg: fa00
compatible: pci8086,2682.8086.3473.9
model: RAID controller
power-consumption: 1
66mhz-capable: TRUE
fast-back-to-back: TRUE
devsel-speed: 1
interrupts: 2
max-latency: 0
min-grant: 0
subsystem-vendor-id: 8086
subsystem-id: 3473
unit-address: 1f,2
class-code: 10400
revision-id: 9
vendor-id: 8086
device-id: 2682
Driver URL:solaris
node name: pci105a,3d75
Vendor: Promise Technology, Inc.
Device: PDC20575 (SATAII150 TX2plus)
Sub-Vendor: Promise Technology, Inc.
binding name: pci105a,3d75
devfs path:
/pci@0,0/pci8086,25f7@2/pci8086,350c@0,3/pci105a,3d75
pci path: 5,1,0
compatible name:
(pci105a,3d75.105a.3d75.2)(pci105a,3d75.105a.3d75)(pci105a,3d75)(pci105a,3d75.2)(pci105a,3d75)(pciclass,018000)(pciclass,0180)
driver name: unknown
assigned-addresses: 81050810
reg: 50800
compatible: pci105a,3d75.105a.3d75.2
model: Mass storage controller
power-consumption: 1
66mhz-capable: TRUE
devsel-speed: 1
interrupts: 1
max-latency: 12
min-grant: 4
subsystem-vendor-id: 105a
subsystem-id: 3d75
unit-address: 1
class-code: 18000
revision-id: 2
vendor-id: 105a
device-id: 3d75

Hi:
See if this driver works...
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-123851-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en...

Install RAID and SAS drives in my Mac Pro

Hello,
I have a couple of Mac Pro machines and I want to install extra drives.
I want to install 2 extra SAS 300GB drives.
I take it I need to install a RAID card also.
Will the drives connect to the RAID?
I don't want them to mirror I simply want them as single drives that I can use for storage.
My main concern is will I be able to mouint and access these SAS RAID drives without having to reinstall the OSX System?
Thanks,
Dean

Not quiet sure I follow your plan here.
I want to install 2 extra SAS 300GB drives.
OK, no problem, assuming you have 2 spare bays.
I take it I need to install a RAID card also.
OK, no problem there, either, assuming you have a spare slot.
Will the drives connect to the RAID?
Umm, if you connect them, yes. It doesn't happen automatically
I don't want them to mirror I simply want them as single drives that I can use for storage.
This is what I don't understand - why use the RAID card if you're not planning on RAIDing the drives?
My main concern is will I be able to mouint and access these SAS RAID drives without having to reinstall the OSX System?
If these are additional drives it won't affect the existing system at all. They're completely separate.
If, on the other hand, you want to take the existing system and move it to a RAID volume then yes, you'll need to do some kind of work to preserve your data, but it's not clear that's what you're trying to do.

Need SATA RAID driver for RS480M2-IL(ms-7093) to install XP

Greetings,
I have lost my floppy to install the driver for my SATA RAID and can't seem to find the right one anywhere on the web.
It's an ATI SB400 chipset that has a SIL 3112a RAID controller.
The driver doesn't appear to be on the support page: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=214
If anyone can point me in the right direction, you'd be my hero.
Thanks in advance,
Jeff

Well, I found the correct driver, I think. It was in the ATI System driver package, on this page: http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=driverfile&dno=2427&i=1
However, I still can't get XP to recognize my drive by pressing F6 at install. Perhaps I'm not using the right files from this package (287MB!). I found what I thought might be the correct drivers in the following folder: ATIDrv/SBDrv/RAID4xx and copied all the files to a floppy. Windows sees this driver and loads it, but when it gets to the point of formatting a drive (or whatever the next step is after you hit F^ and load the driver), it says no HD found, hit F3 to restart (sure would be nice to have other options here, like load another driver).
So, here's more info about my system (read the posting guidelines since last time
mobo: RS480M2-IL BIOS 7093v39
PS:Thermaltake TR2-430NP
RAM: G.Skill PC3200 1GBx2
HD1:Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160GB
HD2:Maxtor Diamondmax20 160GB
Problem started when co-worker shut the machine off hard. On reboot, Invalid System Disk error and looking at RAID Bios shows drives in SYNC state. Removed the drives and attached to another machine, one looks fine so I clone it for good measure. The other is corrupted, XP wants to format as soon as it's mounted. Checking it with Filescavenger3 shows the files are still there, but I just reformat it since I have the good image of the other disk. Now I'm trying to fix the other drive, since it still comes up as Invalid System Disk, so I want to try either using the Recovery Console to FixMBR, or do a repair install of XP. I can't find the right driver to make this happen. I do have a disk with LastXPv2.11 that will recognize the drive, but it doesn't allow me to get into the recovery console or offer to repair xp. If you know how to extract the drivers from a slipstreamed disc, that might work too. Finally, I don't know if I've update the RAID bios, or if that happens when you update the mobo bios. I did update that to v39 and the RAID BIOS shows 4.2.50.
Sorry this is so long, any ideas to help get me going here would be fantastic
Cheers,
Jeff

Unable to capture to external RAID drive FCP 7

Here are my specs:
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B08
Running:
OS X 10.5.8
Final Cut Studio 3 (recently upgraded from Studio 1)
At the end of last year I had a problem with capturing and upon research it seemed to be that the most recent update of QuickTime was not compatible with Final Cut Pro 5, which was causing my machine to not be able to capture at all. So we upgraded to Final Cut Studio 3 (FCP7) and part of the problem was solved but an issue still remains.
For over 3 years we have been using an external Raid drive as a capture scratch and we still have over 5 TBs free. The Raid is connected by SCSI. Earlier last year I was able to capture to the Raid drive without any problems but now the capture will freeze whenever that is set as the capture scratch. If I set the internal drive as the capture scratch it captures without any issues.
The problem is that using the internal as the capture scratch can only be a short term solution. The drive is only so large and I have a problem with finder if I try to move files from the internal drive to the external. Finder freezes up and I can't even force quit properly. So being able to once again use the external as the main capture scratch is the only real solution. The external is fully functionally and communicating with the Mac.
Any help with resolving this would be appreciated!

Off the top of my head, because I haven't worked with SCSI in years--
"The problem is that using the internal as the capture scratch can only be a short term solution. The drive is only so large and I have a problem with finder if I try to move files from the internal drive to the external. Finder freezes up and I can't even force quit properly. So being able to once again use the external as the main capture scratch is the only real solution. The external is fully functionally and communicating with the Mac."
Are you trying to move files while you have FCP open? The fact that simply moving files is giving you finder issues and freezing you up, says that all is not well with the scsi raid. You should not see that at all.
You might try powering down the mac and the raid, unplugging and letting the machine sit for a while to discharge the capacitors. Then try reseating the scsi card. (pull it out carefully and plug it back in.)
On another note, when you upgraded fcp, did you do a clean install?

Using a expresscard FW800; G-Raid drive unmounts on it's own

I'm using a NitroAV Fw800 dual expresscard to connect my 500gig G-Raid drive that i use for video editing. I have never had a problem with it using Tiger.
Ever since I upgraded to leopard it is behaving strangely.
I mount the drive and all is well, (this is an example of the problem I'm having with it) I used the drive to provide 3.8 gigs of info to burn a disk recently. It burned fine and when it was done the drive just sat there, turned on, mounted for a few minutes and then it unmounts itself.
When it's doing something it behaves fine, when I leave it alone for a bit it unmounts itself and I get the error saying that it has been removed without ejecting it first.
If I connect it via the built in FW400 port, it stays connected and I have no issues. other drive I have are FW400 and they behave perfectly.
I have never had this problem before. what could it be?

I spoke with the company that manufactures the expresscard (NitroAV) again and they said it is a foul up associated with upgrading to Leopard and not installing fresh and reformatting the hard-drive.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Is there anyway to have Apple address this problem?
thanks for any help.
Carlos

Want to make sure I replace RAID drive correctly.

In my previous post, I mentioned I had a drive go out and now my system will crash whenever I start my G5 while the fibre channel cables are connected. I'm assuming this is because it automatically mounts the Xserve RAID drive. When I disconnect the fibre cables, it starts up fine and I can go into the RAID admin and see the system and administer it.
Today I got my replacement drive. I've been reading a ton but some re-assurance that I'm doing it correctly would be great. If I've read everything correctly, I should be able to just install the new drive without risk but, if I read everything correctly, I will need to go into the RAID admin utilities and select "make drive available for use" and make the new one the backup?
There is something about "unmounting" the RAID first but it's not mounted or connected by the fibre channel at this time. How/should I do something else to disconnect it? Will it continue to crash my machine at restart or how do I connect it and not have it mount?
Help please
Bart

+I should be able to just install the new drive without risk but, if I read everything correctly, I will need to go into the RAID admin utilities and select "make drive available for use" and make the new one the backup?+
Depending on how the RAID sees the disk it may or may not use it right away. Essentially if it suspects it might be part of another RAID it will not use it until you go into RAID Admin and mark it "available for use". Other than that step it should immediately use the new drive to rebuild the RAID.
+There is something about "unmounting" the RAID first but it's not mounted or connected by the fibre channel at this time. How/should I do something else to disconnect it?+
No, that's talking about unmounting it from the desktop - but with your fibre detached you don't have anything to worry about there.
+Will it continue to crash my machine at restart or how do I connect it and not have it mount?+
I would powerdown the Xserve, attach the cables and then reboot it to be safe. But I wouldn't go so far as to restart the XRAID (unless someone else here with more experience suggests that you do).
Assuming the malformed disk was the source of the crashing hopefully everything will return to normal.
Good luck, let us know how it goes!
=Tod

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