OT: MYLEX Controller under Win9x, revisited

I finally broke down and asked the Tech SUpport folks at Mylex what my problem with the DAC960PD controller might be, and got the following, in case anyone else is hoping to use one of their controllers, with which I've had really decent results under LINUX and various UNIX for the PC versions. ============================================================= Dear Richard: Mylex hardware RAID controllers are not supported in Windows 9x or Windows Me, and there are no drivers available. The controller is detected and can run in DOS compatibility mode but that limits the array size, and performance will slow and unstable. Individual hard drives are not detected - the controller masks that from the operating system. Even if you're not booting from the controller, you must have the controller bios enabled in order for the array to be minimally visible to Windows 9x - in the absence of the proper driver, the system has to see the "drive" through the motherboard bios. Regards, Jo Kellner ------------------ In Response To ------------------ Subject: DAC960 under Win9x I've been struggling for some time now to get a DAC960PD single-channel controller to work together with a pair of ST32550W drives under Windows 9x. My goal has been to utilize the two as a striped pair, without any other redundancy. Though I have installed the drivers downloaded from your website, and though the controller is recognized and satisfactorily installed, the drives don't appear to exist correctly under the OS. What's the correct way to install a striped pair under Win9x? There's no apparent support for Win9x on your site. Is there something I'm missing? thanks, Richard Erlacher =============================================== Mylex/IBM Technical Support (510) 608-2400 Mon-Fri 6am to 6pm Pacific Time Email: mylexsup(a)us.ibm.com Web: http://www.mylex.com