Vista - Need assistance for installation on SATA drive (specirfically regarding"disk.sys")

Hey all,

Well, I've been trying to get Beta 2 installed on my system and I've hit
a snag that I can't figure out.

Here's my system specs :

MB: A8N-SLI Deluxe
CPU: AMD 64 3200+
RAM: 2 GB
Vid: Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT
HDDs: 160 GB, 160 GB, 160 GB, 320 GB (all SATA Seagates) with two of the
160's in RAID 0 configuration

First off, I learned the hard way (before researching) that a clean
Vista installation from boot is not possible.

No problem. In my XP x64 I ran the 64bit Beta 2 installation DVD. And
with the help of "The definitive guide on installing Vista 32/64bit on
Nvidia SATA/RAID"
(http://www.aoaforums.com/forum/os-so...-32-64bit.html)
I am able to finally get the proper drivers loaded to the point where
the installation program copies all files to my selected partition (the
320 GB SATA) and it reboots.

This is where things go awry. The loading of the new Vista partition
continues on until it reaches the black screen with the progress graphic
and the Microsoft copywrite message. At this point it just hangs forever.

I then rebooted the machine and went into the Vista safe mode to see
what was happening. The drivers get loaded all the way down until it
reaches the the "..system32/drivers/disk.sys" driver. And this is where
it hangs.

And that's where I'm stuck. So in short, I have to load the Nvidia
drivers for the installation, but the actual Vista OS files are being
installed on a singular SATA drive (NOT the RAID).

Any help or ideas I could get to move forward would be greatly apprecitated!

Thanks in advance.

cheers
jon