i cant install windows with my bootcamp

[alam]

hello everyone
i'm having some strange problem with my mac
every time i run boot camp assistant it gives me this message "you can't partition external disk drive.
restart your computer using your computer startup disk."
i have a mac pro with 2 hdd 320 gb and the raid type strip.
to make them as 1 hard drive
but every time i need to partition them to install windows i cant
should i have been chosen the raid type concatenated?
or there is another way to solve this issue?
tnx

 

[dale8331]

Boot camp reply!!!

I have a mac pro with Vista32bit on one hadr drive , 64 bit Vista on another hadr drive and then I have 10.5.5 on another drive. I have four drives in all. I think it must be because of the raid config you have. I had no problem installing either one of the Vista's on my computer. If you need any other help email me @ daleandrews@suddenlink.net.

 

[alam]

I have a mac pro with Vista32bit on one hadr drive , 64 bit Vista on another hadr drive and then I have 10.5.5 on another drive. I have four drives in all. I think it must be because of the raid config you have. I had no problem installing either one of the Vista's on my computer. If you need any other help email me @ daleandrews@suddenlink.net.

i have a question? does boot camp require not to be installed on a raid drive?

 

[MacsRgr8]

i have a question? does boot camp require not to be installed on a raid drive?

That's what I thought.
IIRC Boot Camp needs to be installed on a "normal" HD.

I can't tell by your post exactly how your internal HD's are setup, but I can tell you my configuration, which might help you out:

Mac Pro '08:
- Drive A en Drive B: 2 x 500 GB, RAID O (Stripe), for Mac OS X
- Drive C: 1 x 320 GB, Partitioned with MBR option 2 x 160 GB (one for XP, one for Vista), and both partitions formatted as DOS (FAT 32). When installing converted to NTFS (quick).
- Drive D: 1 x 750 GB, Data HD

I did not use the Boot Camp Setup Assisitant. I simple partitioned the 320 GB drive in bay C, with MBR option enabled. Then, simply inserted Windows XP Pro SP 2 CD, and did a very normal "PC-style" install.
After installation I used the Leopard DVD for my Boot Camp drivers.
Works perfectly!

 

[alam]

That's what I thought.
IIRC Boot Camp needs to be installed on a "normal" HD.

I can't tell by your post exactly how your internal HD's are setup, but I can tell you my configuration, which might help you out:

Mac Pro '08:
- Drive A en Drive B: 2 x 500 GB, RAID O (Stripe), for Mac OS X
- Drive C: 1 x 320 GB, Partitioned with MBR option 2 x 160 GB (one for XP, one for Vista), and both partitions formatted as DOS (FAT 32). When installing converted to NTFS (quick).
- Drive D: 1 x 750 GB, Data HD

I did not use the Boot Camp Setup Assisitant. I simple partitioned the 320 GB drive in bay C, with MBR option enabled. Then, simply inserted Windows XP Pro SP 2 CD, and did a very normal "PC-style" install.
After installation I used the Leopard DVD for my Boot Camp drivers.
Works perfectly!

so what is MBR?? is it an application?