Update on the laptop. I had a copy of DPM901 (md5: 1414BC6639F60EC4D91D97A2D3E72A9A) laying around. It's working so far. I'm afraid I don't understand what's happening in the INI file, however.
[I3]
ms_count=1
ms_1_deviceName="Intel ESB2/ICH6/ICH7/ICH8/ICH9/EP 80579 SATA AHCI/RAID 7.8.0.1012"
ms_1_tag="iastor78"
ms_1_sysFile="iastor.sys"
ms_1_hwids="PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2653&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2681&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2682&CC_0104,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C3&CC_0104,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C5&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2821&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2922&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_5029&CC_0106"
ms_1_isBusExtender=false
ms_1_exc_disableIfOS="w2k"
[I4]
ms_count=1
ms_1_deviceName="Intel ESB2/ICH7/ICH8/ICH9/ICH10 SATA AHCI/RAID 8.6.0.1007"
ms_1_tag="iastor86"
ms_1_sysFile="iastor.sys"
ms_1_hwids="PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C6&CC_0104,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&CC_0104,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2824&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_282A&CC_0104,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2929&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A02&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A03&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A22&CC_0106,PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A23&CC_0106"
ms_1_isBusExtender=false
ms_1_exc_disableIfOS="w2k"
Both of these entries say...
ms_1_sysFile="iastor.sys"
... but in the newer INI files, you don't use this technique, so I'm not sure which one is taking precedence. My HWID falls under the entry for 7.8.0.1012, but this driver may wind up being overwritten with the newer version (8.6.0.1007). I guess I'll find out once Windows finishes installing and report back with the results.
edit--
yay. it worked flawlessly. I checked and rechecked. It's all in there. Here is DPM901, in case you don't already have it: http://xp.xpdnc.org/temp/DP_MassStorage … -32_901.7z
So it seems as though I need 7.8.0.1012 for textmode, but other versions might work just fine after that.
Last edited by dumpydooby (2010-10-17 12:28:25)