problems installing server 2003 on sata raid

[andy A]

Sata raid is fairly new to me and I am having a problem installing server 2003. What are the proper steps I should take to start the install.

System is as follows

P4 HT
MSi 865PE Neo2-P mb onboard RAID (Intel ICH5R)
dual channel ram
2 80gb sata hd's

I can install and the bios recongizes hard drives attached to the IDE inteface. My problem starts when I try to go to the SATA drives. I enable SATA in the bios then reboot and the system just hangs. I assume I also need to configure the RAID but can never get to the RAID prompt because the machine hangs at bootup after I enable SATA.

Andy

 

[andy A]

Got it, but any tips on SATA and SATA RAID would be helpful

Andy

 

[hulksterjoe]

You enabled sata in the bios (changed boot order also?) but did you ever load any of the raid drivers? these come on a seperate disk