I just got Vista running on my 9880 under SATA RAID 0. Here's how:
In order to get this to dual-boot, all you have to do is install on a second partition. I'm not going to go into how to repartition your hard drive in this tutorial.
Copy the RAID drivers from the driver CD that came with your computer onto a floppy.
Navigate to the floppy and copy the drivers out of the WinXP folder into the root of the floppy. You can now delete the WinXP and Win2k folders.
*note* This is required. For some reason Vista setup won't look into subfolders on the floppy for the drivers.
Put your Vista disc into your optical drive and restart. When prompted, press any key to boot from the disc.
Enter your CD-Key, press next. Read over accept the terms of use for the beta.
On the next screen, you will be prompted to enter a computer name and installation location.
When you have the option to select a hard drive, you will notice that none are listed.
Towards the bottom of the screen is a button that says something like 'specify driver'. Make sure the floppy you made is in your floppy drive and press that button.
Another screen should come up, with 3 options to choose from. I chose the bottom one, and it worked just fine. After selecting the driver and hitting next, there will be a delay when it seems like nothing is happening. This lasted about 5 minutes for me, just be patient.
You will then be taken back a screen, and you're hard drives should be listed. On mine, I had to format the partition I was planning on using before it would let me install it. Just highlight the partition, and hit the format button below. Again, no progress bar, and it seems like nothing is happening. Just be patient. After that, its smooth sailing.
After the restart, it will 'finalize installation'. This took about 15 minutes, with nothing going on on screen except a scrolling bar at the bottom of the screen.
After it finishes installing, leave the cd in the drive. Windows will automatically start the 'supplemental driver package' installer, which I found very handy. It found and installed the drivers for my 6800 ultra and my D-Link PCMCIA wireless card. The only thing that doesn't work out of the box that I'm missing, is the sound card. For some reason, Windows can't start the device. I'll work on that more a bit later.
I did skip a screen or two, but only because they have only one option to choose from (such as the screen asking whether you want to perform an upgrade or a fresh install, considering the upgrade option is completely disabled)
So far, this is awsome. I had a bit of a hiccup trying to get into the control panel, but explorer recovered itself in about 5 seconds. I'm playing WoW at framerates that are somewhat higher than in XP, but not much. To be honest, I wasn't expecting to be able to play an intense game like that.
Any questions, please feel free to ask.
In order to get this to dual-boot, all you have to do is install on a second partition. I'm not going to go into how to repartition your hard drive in this tutorial.
Copy the RAID drivers from the driver CD that came with your computer onto a floppy.
Navigate to the floppy and copy the drivers out of the WinXP folder into the root of the floppy. You can now delete the WinXP and Win2k folders.
*note* This is required. For some reason Vista setup won't look into subfolders on the floppy for the drivers.
Put your Vista disc into your optical drive and restart. When prompted, press any key to boot from the disc.
Enter your CD-Key, press next. Read over accept the terms of use for the beta.
On the next screen, you will be prompted to enter a computer name and installation location.
When you have the option to select a hard drive, you will notice that none are listed.
Towards the bottom of the screen is a button that says something like 'specify driver'. Make sure the floppy you made is in your floppy drive and press that button.
Another screen should come up, with 3 options to choose from. I chose the bottom one, and it worked just fine. After selecting the driver and hitting next, there will be a delay when it seems like nothing is happening. This lasted about 5 minutes for me, just be patient.
You will then be taken back a screen, and you're hard drives should be listed. On mine, I had to format the partition I was planning on using before it would let me install it. Just highlight the partition, and hit the format button below. Again, no progress bar, and it seems like nothing is happening. Just be patient. After that, its smooth sailing.
After the restart, it will 'finalize installation'. This took about 15 minutes, with nothing going on on screen except a scrolling bar at the bottom of the screen.
After it finishes installing, leave the cd in the drive. Windows will automatically start the 'supplemental driver package' installer, which I found very handy. It found and installed the drivers for my 6800 ultra and my D-Link PCMCIA wireless card. The only thing that doesn't work out of the box that I'm missing, is the sound card. For some reason, Windows can't start the device. I'll work on that more a bit later.
I did skip a screen or two, but only because they have only one option to choose from (such as the screen asking whether you want to perform an upgrade or a fresh install, considering the upgrade option is completely disabled)
So far, this is awsome. I had a bit of a hiccup trying to get into the control panel, but explorer recovered itself in about 5 seconds. I'm playing WoW at framerates that are somewhat higher than in XP, but not much. To be honest, I wasn't expecting to be able to play an intense game like that.
Any questions, please feel free to ask.
