LSI Megaraid issues

[tnats]

I used nlite and created a win2003 disk with the LSI Megaraid drivers. Now, when I go through the win2003 install, it comes to the partioning part. Here, it tells me that I have 156meg of disk space (close to that) and that's the only partition it sees.

What am I doing wrong? The server currently has CentOS on it, is there something I have to do to 'clear' this out? I have two 300GB SATA drives in a RAID 1 config.

Thanks,

Tom

Edited December 5, 2007 by tnats

[cluberti]

Hmmm, very interesting. What happens if you boot that machine using a WinPE or BartPE disc to look at that array? How large is the array reported there?

[tnats]

Sorry, what is WinPE or BartPE?

Also, since I used nlite, I don't need to hit F6 to load 3rd party drivers correct?

Edited December 5, 2007 by tnats

[nmX.Memnoch]

What am I doing wrong? The server currently has CentOS on it, is there something I have to do to 'clear' this out? I have two 300GB SATA drives in a RAID 1 config.

I assume you aren't worried about losing the CentOS install? If that's the case, go into the RAID controller BIOS (should be Ctrl+M) and Initialize the array. That should wipe any configuration currently on the drives.

Sorry, what is WinPE or BartPE?

WinPE and BartPE are both Preinstall Environments (BartPE is based on WinPE). You can create a CD that will allow you to boot the system into a Windows type environment without having to do an install. It's very handy for doing data retrievals or fixing problems.

Also, since I used nlite, I don't need to hit F6 to load 3rd party drivers correct?

That's correct. As a matter of fact, if you do the install won't complete properly.