Floppy works first time

I'm installing XP pro on a new computer with Intel duo and sata raid.
Under the installation I press F6 to install addtional Raid/SATA driver, I
press S to select the driver from the USB Floppy drive. I am able to selct
the driver and it loads.
I continue and select the Hard drive and after finish formating it ask for
the Floppy again. I press enter and nothing happens except a flick. I have
tried leaving the floppy in from the first load and taking it out and
reinserting it when ask second time, but I can not get past this point. The
Floppy is a Mitsumi and is listed on Microsofts Web site as one of the three
floppys that works.

Any one know of this problem?
--
Kim

Hi Frank,

I'm installing XP Pro with SP2 on a DQ35JO with raid.

I tried 10 times and the 11th times it did not ask for the floppy but loaded
the drivers. The only different on the elevent time was before I started I
smack the floppy drive into the table (without the floppy). So the old saying
is still right; If everything fail use the hammer.
--
Kim


"Frank Pajerski" wrote:

> There's a similar problem for me here on a new computer build, but I get
> a little further. I'm using an Intel DP35DP mobo with RAID specified.
> I first installed/upgraded/ran Vista Home Premium OK for a week with a
> SATA HDD and ODD, and now want to install WinXP Home on another HDD.
> The Vista HDD is de-cabled and is not seen. To permit/help this, I'm
> now using an IDE ODD and a SATA HDD (80gb) and the WinXP retail base CD
> and the SP2 CD and the latest downloaded Intel drivers. The other
> devices attached are a USB keyboard, a USB mouse, a LCD monitor DVI'ed
> to an eVGA graphics card, and a USB FDD (a supported TEAC/IBM one).
>
> My initial setup process starts with my USB FDD already connected. In
> response to the F6 action, the diskette with the RAID/AHCI driver is
> asked for, and is inserted and read OK. This diskette is left in the
> USB FDD per instructions as the setup process proceeds to select/format
> a partition, then starts loading things again including the software
> (again) from the diskette without any message about the USB FDD or the
> diskette. Do you have some BIOS option set, or other hardware attached,
> that might be having the setup process asked for some other driver(s)?
> There's nothing in my documentation that suggests you "normally" should
> be seeing another message at this stage asking for more special software
> drivers.
>
> Then, for me, an auto-restart happens (with a message to first remove
> the diskette) and I then see the WinXP screen itself. More software
> loading now occurs from the base WinXP CD. In several minutes I see a
> "loading drivers" status message and half-way thru this effort I then
> see a BSOD (stop 0A IRQL_NOT..... situation). I consistently get this
> same BSOD when trying a few things (altho I won't try a non-RAID
> situation with an IDE HDD).
>
> Poking around the forums at the very helpful Tom's Hardware (
> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ ) and the Anandtech (
> http://forums.anandtech.com/ ) sites plus a few other places has
> essentially made me think that, for my situation, a successful install
> requires an install WinXP CD with the RAID/AHCI driver slipstreamed in
> beforehand (and so I might as well include SP2 in this too).
>
> Most helpfully to build a customized install CD, I have just learned
> about the nLite program found at http://www.nliteos.com/index.html .
> I'm about ready to try this program, learning as I go.
>
> If this doesn't get WinXP in, I will somewhat unhappily re-cable the
> Vista HDD and trudge forward, hoping that its SP1 gets here sooner than
> later.
>
> --- Frank
>
>
> "Kim Jensen" <KimJensen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A187908D-42EC-4CC4-9038-FF743F86C826@microsoft.com...
> > I'm installing XP pro on a new computer with Intel duo and sata raid.
> > Under the installation I press F6 to install addtional Raid/SATA
> > driver, I
> > press S to select the driver from the USB Floppy drive. I am able to
> > selct
> > the driver and it loads.
> > I continue and select the Hard drive and after finish formating it ask
> > for
> > the Floppy again. I press enter and nothing happens except a flick. I
> > have
> > tried leaving the floppy in from the first load and taking it out and
> > reinserting it when ask second time, but I can not get past this
> > point. The
> > Floppy is a Mitsumi and is listed on Microsofts Web site as one of the
> > three
> > floppys that works.
> >
> > Any one know of this problem?
> > --
> > Kim
>
>