I am trying to install Vista on SATA drive but i can't see the drive at all at the phase where you choose the partition. Supplied F6 raid disk and it shows couple of drivers and loads but still nothing. South Bridge - VIA VT8237. Any help?? Thanks!

Some more info that i would like to add. SATA drive is visible on DOS and I could install XP with any HAL just fine using F6 disk.

Where does DOS come into the equation ? both Vista and XP have no DOS ! Did you offer the same F6 Floppy for both XP and Vista, maybe Vista requires a different driver ?

Yup. Well that reason I mention DOS is that the drive is at least recognized by the system. Obviously I can install XP and older OS/s then there is something more the VISTA looks for than the XP looks. That is why i believe VISTA declares there is no drive as opposed to XP. I offered same F6 floppy to both XP and Vista. Vista can recognize the drives on the disk and loads but still comes up with nothing.

Try skipping the F6 step. I've done many installs on XP that hung with the F6 path. Try skipping the SATA driver install. All the XP installs I've done recently find the hard drive without installing any XP drivers. I don't even use the F6 option anymore. I just let it run. It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain

Thanks seawatch. But if you look more carefully into my post the XP installs fine and I am having problem with the VISTA and there is no F6 step to skip during VISTA install. Since drive is not visible there is no way to proceed further. (I am same person as GuyenComputing)

You should still have a F6 Option: https://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=655969&SiteID=17 "Yup. Well that reason I mention DOS is that the drive is at least recognized by the system." Yep that is BIOS the Basic Input/output System which boots the PC, DOS is an O/S, not required or needed in installing Vista.