WHS installing controller after install

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I just finally got WHS to install on my server, which to get it to install I had to disable the onboard SAS controller (which connects all my storage drives).

Now that I've got WHS installed and I re-enable the controller, WHS detects a "SCSI" controller but when I try to point it to the drivers for the card it doesn't detect them as being the right drivers.

I've ran into this before at some point in the past and I think the only way I was able to resolve it was to do a complete reinstall. Does anyone have any devine knowledge them might be able to impart on me?

The motherboard in question is an Intel S5000VCL.
 
Just to clarify, the SAS controller also functions as a plain SATA controller as well, which is how I'm using it.
 
There should have been an option when you installed WHS that asked if you wanted to install a third party controller driver, no?

I can't speak to your specific issue, but I had to add a SATA controller to my WHS box a few weeks ago. I just put the card in (was auto-detected by BIOS), booted into WHS, logged in and did the driver install manually. I used the Windows Server 2003 driver that was available for my card (as WHS is built on Server 2003), and the install was cake, drives showed up ready to be added to the pool (I believe before a reboot).
 
webdes03 said:
There should have been an option when you installed WHS that asked if you wanted to install a third party controller driver, no?

I can't speak to your specific issue, but I had to add a SATA controller to my WHS box a few weeks ago. I just put the card in (was auto-detected by BIOS), booted into WHS, logged in and did the driver install manually. I used the Windows Server 2003 driver that was available for my card (as WHS is built on Server 2003), and the install was cake, drives showed up ready to be added to the pool (I believe before a reboot).
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yes, that option was there but my server doesnt have a floppy connector nor do i have a usb floppy, so i disabled the controller so that it would go through the install.

if this were a normal controller card it would be straightforward, but for some reason i've had issues in the past with onboard controllers that dont get installed when the OS is installed. i was hoping someone on here would have a suggestion and might know a way around doing a complete re-install.

i did figure out after the fact that i can use the bios to use a flashdrive and emulate it as a floppy. i just really dont want to have to reinstall WHS again. damn, it takes forever, especially on server motherboards that like to take 5 minutes just go to through the POST process.
 
The board which I selected for my WHS build was not the best. It had 6 SATA ports on-board, however, in order to use all 6 I had to set the port to AHCI in the bois (otherwise only 4 can be accessed). Doing this required that I hit f6 during the part of the WHS install where it installed Server 2003 else I would get a BSOD, and I did not have a floppy drive.

In the end, I slipstreamed the sata driver using Nlite, and WHS was able to install without any problems and I was able to access all my ports. I liked it so much that I slipstreamed all my other drivers and installed WHS again. The best thing about slipstreaming is that you now have a specific copy of WHS which has all your drivers. If you ever need to reinstall WHS, you just stick in the disk, and all your drivers will be installed with it.
 
I think you need to do the "Don't detect, I will install the drivers manually" method. And I think you use drivers for Server 2003 if available.
 
coolrunner84 said:
The board which I selected for my WHS build was not the best. It had 6 SATA ports on-board, however, in order to use all 6 I had to set the port to AHCI in the bois (otherwise only 4 can be accessed). Doing this required that I hit f6 during the part of the WHS install where it installed Server 2003 else I would get a BSOD, and I did not have a floppy drive.

In the end, I slipstreamed the sata driver using Nlite, and WHS was able to install without any problems and I was able to access all my ports. I liked it so much that I slipstreamed all my other drivers and installed WHS again. The best thing about slipstreaming is that you now have a specific copy of WHS which has all your drivers. If you ever need to reinstall WHS, you just stick in the disk, and all your drivers will be installed with it.
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damn good call! i didnt even think about that!
 
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