P4P800 dlx-RAID0: one drive on each channel?

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I know the mobo manual says two drives (master and slave) should be on the
same channel (either 0 or 1). However, I can build an array with one disk as
master on channel 0 and one disk as master on channel 1. However, XP
stubbornly refuses to install on the partition. Must both drives be on the
same cable? That seems like a huge performance hit.

Also, if I had two drives on each channel, could I have two separate RAID0
arrays, or would it be one large array consisting of all four disks?
 
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"master / master" or "master / slave" are the options, as far as I
know. the trad off, high cpu with better disk performance vrs lower
cpu lesser disk performance.

I'm setting up one as well (P4P800D) as master master, but my O/S will
be on the intel ide primary channel with another storage drive. I'm
testing the Raid 0 cannel foe gaming performance only.
I know the mobo manual says two drives (master and slave) should be on the
same channel (either 0 or 1). However, I can build an array with one disk as
master on channel 0 and one disk as master on channel 1. However, XP
stubbornly refuses to install on the partition. Must both drives be on the
same cable? That seems like a huge performance hit.

Also, if I had two drives on each channel, could I have two separate RAID0
arrays, or would it be one large array consisting of all four disks?
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I know the mobo manual says two drives (master and slave) should be on the
same channel (either 0 or 1). However, I can build an array with one disk as
master on channel 0 and one disk as master on channel 1. However, XP
stubbornly refuses to install on the partition. Must both drives be on the
same cable? That seems like a huge performance hit.
Click to expand...

RAIDed drives should NEVER be on the same cable. Something else must be
wrong.
 
Press F6 as soon as the XP installation starts (Question at the bottom of
the very first blue screen) and have a floppy with the Raid Controller's
driver ready. You can't install NT/2000/XP without it.
 
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