Dear experts,
I have been able to set up a mirrored raid set (RAID 0) - no problem.
However, there is no way on earth to install XP Pro. I know about slipstreaming and XP installation and adding drivers either manually or by nLite. I have successfully created custom/slipstreamed XP Pro SP3 disks before AND used them. But with the DG45ID board it's the blue screen of death as the installation gets to "Starting Windows" after loading all its drivers.
Intel's site has several articles all pointing to effectively the same things - create a slipstream disk.
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-029958.htm
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imst/sb/CS-020825.htm
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-029958.htm
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-020811.htm
etc...
No matter what - this WILL NOT WORK.
I have a Sony USB floppy and using that (without "slipstreaming" drivers into the CD) it will allow F6 to initially find the drivers but when it later tries to load the drivers the floppy cannot be found - even though it was just used! But in http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-020811.htm#usbfloppy I see from the MicroSoft article "A connected USB floppy disk drive does not work when you press F6 to install mass storage drivers during the Windows XP installation process" that the Sony USB floppy is not supported!
There has to be a way to install XP on the DG45ID configured with RAID. I'd really appreciate any pointers people might have.
Will Windows 7 have the same problems installing on the RAID drives?