Jump to content

nVidia RAID in txtsetup....


Nakatomi2010

Recommended Posts

G'day, I'm still a bit new to te unattended install area, but I've been doing pretty good so far... The biggest issue I'm running into right now is getting the nVidia SATA Raid drivers in text setup mode... I can get the nvatabus.sys drivers to work no problem because it sees the two raptors, but they're running in a Striped RAID array, so the install whouls only be seeing one... I followed the instruction from the Green Machine site, and looked in the txtsetup.oem file to get an idea as to how to do the same with nVidia, but that's a no go... I'm just not getting the coding right or something....

What coding should be in the txtsetup.sif file to get em' to work right for a RAID array?

Link to comment
Share on other sites


Reason I'm not using nLite is because I'm trying to create Generic Unattended install CD's so that I can go in, make a few text level changes, few drivers changes and go from there....

That and I want to know how to do it manually

Link to comment
Share on other sites

[SourceDisksFiles]
nvatabus.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1
nvraid.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1

[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_008E = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0085 = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00D5 = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00EE = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00E3 = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00E5 = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0035 = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0036 = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_003E = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0053 = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0054 = "nvatabus"
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0055 = "nvatabus"
GenNvRaidDisk = "nvraid"
*_NVRAIDBUS = "nvraid"
*NVRAIDBUS = "nvraid"

[SCSI.load]
nvatabus = nvatabus.sys,4
nvraid = nvraid.sys,4

[SCSI]
nvatabus = "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller"
nvraid = "NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER"

Link to comment
Share on other sites

B.n. = Before nLite

A.n. = After nLite

B.n.: "How do I add this feature..."

"Well you have to modify...and add this..."

A.n.: "How do I add this feature..."

"Use nLite..."

In some cases nLite is not the answer. Don't get me wrong, it is a great program but there are some people who prefer learning instead of just using a wizard or automated program to do something. Since I can't find any detailed notes or whitepapers on how nLite operates, I'm still inclined to offer the "old" way of doing things.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

B.n. = Before nLite

A.n. = After nLite

B.n.: "How do I add this feature..."

     "Well you have to modify...and add this..."

A.n.: "How do I add this feature..."

     "Use nLite..."

In some cases nLite is not the answer.  Don't get me wrong, it is a great program but there are some people who prefer learning instead of just using a wizard or automated program to do something.  Since I can't find any detailed notes or whitepapers on how nLite operates, I'm still inclined to offer the "old" way of doing things.

That's exactly my problem, everything out there uses nLite as the program to strip the CD and do this, and do that, well that's all handy dandy but when it gets right down to it, there are somethings I just prefer to do manually...

Also, thank you I was missing the *nvraidbus.sys entry....

Actually, no it didn't work.... My code is the same as yours, and its not recognizing the RAID array......

No, now its working... Sort of...

Gettingan error code of 0x00000024 (0x00190203, 0x86370868, 0x0000102, 0x00000000)

Edited by Nakatomi2010
Link to comment
Share on other sites

what driver version are you using?

have you completed all the steps listed on GreenMachines's Space?

append your TXTSETUP.SIF with what i posted earlier and remember that you need to run MAKECAB on two files:

MAKECAB NVATABUS.SYS
MAKECAB NVRAID.SYS

and you should end up with:

NVATABUS.SY_
NVRAID.SY_

in X:\I386 of your unattended cd.

this will get your raid detected in TEXTMODE setup. :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...