KT4 Ultra, PROMISE 20376, and Win XP setup. Stupid question inside.

I'm having some troubles installing WinXP Corp. w/ SP1 on my new machine (KT6 Ultra, XP 2600+, SATA 120GB)
I've downloaded the latest drivers from the msi website and copied them to a floppy disk, but XP setup won't seem to find any RAID controllers from the drivers supplied on the disk.
I've never had this kind of troulbe in the past, and I"m banging my head against the wall trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Does anyone know of and updated Promise 20376 SATA drivers, or anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks for the help.
Ian

Power supply is a A+POWER ATX 450W power supply. It's a higher-end PSU, not one of the chepie PSUs that come with the cases.
Only other hardware that would make a difference is the ATI RADEON 9700 Pro, Samsung PC2700 RAM, and I think that's about it.
Let me know if I left something out.
Thanks,
Ian

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