getting ready vista cpp

While getting ready for the Vista CPP release there are a couple of things that I don't have answers to. I'll be running 64-bit Vista. Will F6 still be required for installing SATA and raid drivers, also will Vista support raid 1 (mirror).
I know that 64-bit drivers are required since I've been using XP x64 since CPP release and I'm currently using XP x64 exclusively and have all required drivers.

Current system specifications:
AMD 4400x2 processor.
Asus A8N-E motherboard.
2x WD1600 SATA150 hard drives, Nvidia raid 1 (mirror), XP x64.
1x WD1600 SATA150 hard drive, dual boot XP x86, XP x64 plus data partition.
2GB Crucial PC3200 ECC RAM.
Asus N6600 256mb video.
Liteon DVD drive.
Liteon DVD RW drive.
USR 5610B modem
Zonet ZEW1601 wireless (Ralink chipset)
Epson CX3800 printer/scanner.
Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Expert capture card.

I don't know what Microsoft will do about that, but on my test system (AMD Athlon, MSI KT- Delta mobo), the SATA drives are recognized without additional drivers. They're not set up as a RAID array, though. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Dennis Pack" a écrit dans le message de news: OrA2bCkSGHA.5900@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... | While getting ready for the Vista CPP release there are a couple of things | that I don't have answers to. I'll be running 64-bit Vista. Will F6 still be | required for installing SATA and raid drivers, also will Vista support raid | 1 (mirror). | | I know that 64-bit drivers are required since I've been using XP | x64 since CPP release and I'm currently using XP x64 exclusively and have | all required drivers. [snip]

Thank You for your reply.
"Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message

I don't know what Microsoft will do about that, but on my test system (AMD Athlon, MSI KT- Delta mobo), the SATA drives are recognized without additional drivers. They're not set up as a RAID array, though. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Dennis Pack" a écrit dans le message de news: OrA2bCkSGHA.5900@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... | While getting ready for the Vista CPP release there are a couple of things | that I don't have answers to. I'll be running 64-bit Vista. Will F6 still be | required for installing SATA and raid drivers, also will Vista support raid | 1 (mirror). | | I know that 64-bit drivers are required since I've been using XP | x64 since CPP release and I'm currently using XP x64 exclusively and have | all required drivers. [snip]

For RAID configurations, I am told that some configurations will still require third party drivers to be loaded during setup, so F6 will still be important. They are trying to get as many drivers included though. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Dennis Pack" wrote in message

While getting ready for the Vista CPP release there are a couple of things that I don't have answers to. I'll be running 64-bit Vista. Will F6 still be required for installing SATA and raid drivers, also will Vista support raid 1 (mirror).
I know that 64-bit drivers are required since I've been using XP x64 since CPP release and I'm currently using XP x64 exclusively and have all required drivers.

Current system specifications:
AMD 4400x2 processor.
Asus A8N-E motherboard.
2x WD1600 SATA150 hard drives, Nvidia raid 1 (mirror), XP x64.
1x WD1600 SATA150 hard drive, dual boot XP x86, XP x64 plus data partition.
2GB Crucial PC3200 ECC RAM.
Asus N6600 256mb video.
Liteon DVD drive.
Liteon DVD RW drive.
USR 5610B modem
Zonet ZEW1601 wireless (Ralink chipset)
Epson CX3800 printer/scanner.
Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Expert capture card.

Thank You Andre. I hope there will be fewer raid issues and conflicts with Vista than there were with x64. The mother board that I'm currently using only has 1 raid chip not 2 or 3.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

For RAID configurations, I am told that some configurations will still require third party drivers to be loaded during setup, so F6 will still be important. They are trying to get as many drivers included though. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Dennis Pack" wrote in message While getting ready for the Vista CPP release there are a couple of things that I don't have answers to. I'll be running 64-bit Vista. Will F6 still be required for installing SATA and raid drivers, also will Vista support raid 1 (mirror).
I know that 64-bit drivers are required since I've been using XP x64 since CPP release and I'm currently using XP x64 exclusively and have all required drivers.

Current system specifications:
AMD 4400x2 processor.
Asus A8N-E motherboard.
2x WD1600 SATA150 hard drives, Nvidia raid 1 (mirror), XP x64.
1x WD1600 SATA150 hard drive, dual boot XP x86, XP x64 plus data partition.
2GB Crucial PC3200 ECC RAM.
Asus N6600 256mb video.
Liteon DVD drive.
Liteon DVD RW drive.
USR 5610B modem
Zonet ZEW1601 wireless (Ralink chipset)
Epson CX3800 printer/scanner.
Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Expert capture card.

yes it will be f6 like but you'll be given the option of installing 3rd party drivers without the need to press f6 I believe.. also there is a good chance that you can use x64 drivers for raid controler that will work with Vista at least initially I know that the Intel x64 drivers will work in a raid config during the vista 64 install. I would imagine that depending on the manufacturer there should be little or no problem doing that.
"Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message

I don't know what Microsoft will do about that, but on my test system (AMD Athlon, MSI KT- Delta mobo), the SATA drives are recognized without additional drivers. They're not set up as a RAID array, though. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Dennis Pack" a écrit dans le message de news: OrA2bCkSGHA.5900@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... | While getting ready for the Vista CPP release there are a couple of things | that I don't have answers to. I'll be running 64-bit Vista. Will F6 still be | required for installing SATA and raid drivers, also will Vista support raid | 1 (mirror). | | I know that 64-bit drivers are required since I've been using XP | x64 since CPP release and I'm currently using XP x64 exclusively and have | all required drivers. [snip]