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Slow SATA performance on Mac Pro in XP/Bootcamp

can someone tell me where to find an installation guide for windows XP on a 2nd internal MacPro HD?

I already heard that BootCamp is not required therefore.

Thanks,

Joey
 
Power off your MacPro, unplug the first drive (Mac OS X)
Power on
Put the Windows XP installation CD in your drive .... and play !

When you're done, replug your Mac OS X drive.
 
Origin said:
Power off your MacPro, unplug the first drive (Mac OS X)
Power on
Put the Windows XP installation CD in your drive .... and play !

When you're done, replug your Mac OS X drive.
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Thanks...

just two more questions:

- by holding down the option key at startup, i can decide which OS to use, right?

- what about the often mentioned drivers?

i just want to prepare myself to be ready to go, when i get my new HDs next week...

Greets,

Joey
 
Origin said:
Power off your MacPro, unplug the first drive (Mac OS X)
Power on
Put the Windows XP installation CD in your drive .... and play !

When you're done, replug your Mac OS X drive.
Click to expand...

I didn't even have to do that. I booted from the XP CD with my OS X drive still connected and Windows didn't bat an eyelid. That may be because the Windows drive was in the first bay, however.
 
Mac PRo here =)

Ordered 16/9 .... arrived this morning. Installing Bootcamp now.

Was allready updated but bot the EFI.


Smooth ride so far =)
 
it all works here, got the new firmware, did the shutdown/restart procedures and now my windows shows a good 70 +- of data transfer.
Thanks for everyone here for suggestion and help.
 
djhspawn said:
I need some help folks. When I picked up my mac pro today I started to do the XP install (before I found out about the firmware update). I created a 32GB partition, formatted the partition with the XP install program and then bam! Some blue screen with text I cant remember, something to the affect of trying to install again. I tried to install again and the same issue. So, I then decided to just delete the partition and start from scratch. For whatever reason though the disc utility wont let me delete the partition. Does anyone have any suggestions on this? The only thing I could think of right now would be to completely format the whole HD.
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Hi!

That sounds like you probably are using Windows XP Service Pack 1.
No fear, you can upgrade your windows disc to SP 2.

http://macprojournal.com/xp.html

(In case other people are wondering, i have updated the XP page to discuss slip-streaming in general, and removed the intel device-driver part, given the fantastic EFI firmware fix from Apple).

Also, you can use the BootCamp application tool to remove the partition. DON'T try to do it manually with Disk Utility :) :)

Terrabit!
 
How do i create the IMG after the nLite software has done it's thing?

Thanks all

D

cyboman said:
I used nLite - here's how I did it.

copied Entire XP SP2 OEM CD into a folder called "MACXPINSTALL"

Under MACXPINSTALL Folder I Created a folder called "IntelDrivers"

Under the IntelDrivers Folder I created TWO folders:
one called "IntelSATA"
one called "IntelINF"

Under the IntelSATA Folder I expanded the driver for the Intel SATA controller that I got from Intel's Website (link can be found in earlier post)

Under the IntelINF Folder I expanded the driver for the Intel 5000 Chipset that I got from Intel's Website (link can be found in earlier post)

Next I started nLite
Pointed to the MACXPINSTALL Folder - Next - Next
Select the "Integrate Drivers" Button - Next
NOTE: FOLLOW THESE STEPS EXACTLY!
Click "Insert" - "Multiple Driver Folder"
Browser to the path of the IntelDrivers Folder (X:\MACXPINSTALL\IntelDrivers\)
Click "OK"
Click "ALL"
Click "OK"
Select "Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller (Server ESB2)"
Click "OK"
Click "Cancel"
Click "Next"

From here on it's just Next... to the end and then save the ISO file

Once it's saved you need to burn it to a CD and you are ready to go.

I HIGHLY recommend that you install XP on a seperate Hard Drive from OSX

In this case you DO NOT need to install BootCamp at all

Simply REMOVE your Mac Hard Drive before installing
Turn on the computer
Hold Down the Option Key to get the boot menu
press the CD Eject key and insert the XP CD into the top drive
press the CD Eject Key to close the drive
select the CD as your boot device and away you go!

It will work if you leave the MAC drive installed BUT Windows XP will see it's root drive as Drive F: instead of Drive C: (What a PAIN!)

I have really tried messing this system up. I installed Acronis TrueImage 9.0 after installed XP and used it to clone my drive to another blank SATA drive that I had inserted into the system (The Mac drive was still removed). It worked perfectly!

I installed DaemonTools and mounted a 5.8GB image file - no problemo
From daemon tools I installed a high end 3D Graphics game - it's up and running smooth as silk!

Next I'll be migrating my XP data and settings from my old PC so I can put that (P4 3.2Ghz, 2GB, 750GB, NVIDIA 6800) dinosaur to rest! I think I'm jadded.

Enjoy!

P.S. If you have to run nLite a second time for any reason you need to DELETE everything and start over - otherwise it will take FOREVER to process and the CD will have errors. Fresh installs work perfectly.
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Once nLite has intergrated the drivers to the MACPROINSTALL folder it doesnt give me the option to create a disk image? Have i missed something?
 
Sata preformance still slow

I have installed both updates to the mac pro firmware. I have a 2.66 mac with 2gb of ram my hard drive configuration is as follows:

Mac boot- drive 500gb (7200.9) running off one of the 2 extra SATA channels on the motherboard

Windows boot-160 ATA drive running as the master on the IDE channel with the optical as slave.

Raid- 4 320gb (7200.10) in 0+1 configuration

I had no problems with the windows and mac boot drive (after I got the ATA drive formatted and working) and even had no problem with the 2 boot drives and 1 320gb. I installed both firmware updates before I got the other 3 320gb drives and everything worked fine.

I even didn't have any problems after installing the other 3 320 drives... But when I put the drive in raid I get about .1 mb/sec.

I am fairly certain I striped everythign right with first two mirrored sets and then one striped set composed of my two mirrors...

All I can say is what the hell. This is all in mac OSX, I haven't bothered trying anything in windows yet.

Will I need to try one of the alternative methods in this post? I thought most of those were windows fixes...
 
Origin said:
Power off your MacPro, unplug the first drive (Mac OS X)
Power on
Put the Windows XP installation CD in your drive .... and play !

When you're done, replug your Mac OS X drive.
Click to expand...

Do you use an original XP SP2 disk or a modified/slipstreamed disk?

Does it install onto a Sata drive or Pata on the IDE channel?

A+:confused:
 
Omnikurt said:
I followed the instructions (without all the Kill WPA/WGA stuff) and the install seems to have worked flawlessly. I did have to fix the sound as previously posted.

Question:
I still have a question mark next to "Base System Device", and four exclamation points next to "PCI Express x4 ports 3, 5, 6, and 7". I figure the four PCI Express notifications are for the unused slots on the Motherboard. Any idea what the Base System Device is referring to? Am I missing a driver, or is this normal?

Thanks.
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I really want this figured out too! I have a macpro with 2 video cards to output to 3 monitors and in windows it doesn't see the other pci-e slots so i only get 2 out of 3 in xp. please if someone knows the fix for this help!!!
 
I've found that on my late 2008 white MacBook (not MacBook Pro, it's the white plastic MacBook right before the aluminum ones came out), EFI/SMC updates *do not* fix this problem.

I have not tried the slipstream method.

I *have* found that in the Windows XP Error Log, it shows lots of disk errors, and has automatically throttled my Primary IDE Channel back to PIO mode. I fixed it by changing registry keys and rebooting to force things back to DMA Mode 5.

It is *much* better, though I'm still not convinced performance is where it should be.

Maybe I'll try re-formatting or another drive or something...
 
Is anyone having problems with slow SATA performance on the 09 Mac Pro. Hard drive performance just seems slow in windows and moving files from either the DVD or Blu-ray drive is painfully slow (took about 8 minutes in OS X but took about 20 minutes under Windows). I tried to burn an image file with ImgBurn in windows with the burn proof enabled and the write speed would drop to 0 about every ten seconds to having to refill the buffer.
 
Hi,

I've the same slow SATA performance on my Mac Pro 2009 Quad 2.66 !!!

No solution found for the moment sorry :-(
 
Probably best to start a new thread for this since this thread's about a problem on the original 2006 Mac Pro that was fixed two years ago.
 
Agreed. I started this thread way long ago on my first Mac Pro (That I returned, and later got another, and a few more since then...)

Whatever the problem was (I believe it was just drivers, I don't recall exactly) I'm guessing the fix may not be relevant for the 2009 MP, so start a new thread.
 
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