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6.1 RAID driver installation

After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to

install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable

array. This part provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller

drivers during OS installation.

Creating a RAID driver diskCreating a RAID driver disk

Creating a RAID driver disk

You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from

the system/motherboard support CD or from the Internet.

The Makedisk menu appears.

Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO!

Press any key to boot from CDROM...

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows

2000/XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID

set. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the Makedisk

application in the support CD) or in Windows

environment.

To create a RAID driver disk in DOS:

1. Place the motherboard support CD in the optical drive.

2. Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup.

3. Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to boot from the

support CD. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.

4. When prompted, press any key to boot from the support CD.

5. Place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.

a) FreeDOS command prompt

b) Create NVIDIA nForce(TM) PATARAID Driver for Win2K/2K3 32 bit driver

c) Create NVIDIA nForce(TM) SATARAID Driver for Win2K/2K3 32 bit driver

d) Create NVIDIA nForce(TM) PATARAID Driver for Win2K3 64 bit driver

e) Create NVIDIA nForce(TM) SATARAID Driver for Win2K3 64 bit driver

For K8N-DRE/SCSI MB only:

f) Create LSI Logic Fusion-MPT MiniPort for Win2K 32 bit driver

g) Create LSI Logic Fusion-MPT MiniPort for Win2K3 32 bit driver

h) Create LSI Logic Fusion-MPT MiniPort for RH3.OAS driver

Please choose a ~ h:

When you insert a floppy disk with data, the utility erases all the data

before copying the RAID drivers.

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