just an update, it seems that i keep getting and error on one of the drives in the posting raid screen... i ended up using the ichr8/ichr9 for desk/work/server driver instead of the ichr7 one that most have said they're using... could this be a problem? oh, and to even start to come close to completing the install, i had to purchase one of those things... you know... the things we used about 20 years ago. yup, you guessed it, a floppydiskette drive! my usb one wouldn't work. ugh. next i'll be testing the harddrives through windows.

anybody know of any good HDD testing programs???