3.5. Resolving Conflict
When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection information (Primary and Secondary). If, after a disk failure, the replacement disk was previously part of a RAID set (or used in another system), it may have conflicting metadata, specifically in reference to the drive connection information. If so, this will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt, In order for the RAID set to function properly, this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata. To resolve this, select Resolve Conflicts, and the correct metadata, including the correct drive connection information, will be written to the replacement disk.
4. Software Installation
This section provides the information on how to install the drivers of RAID SATA II – 3Gbps 4Ports PCI Host Adapter for the Windows operating systems:
4.1. Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP Fresh Installation
Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new installation of Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000/XP, and you wish to boot from a device attached to the HBA.
1.Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the HBA and insert the HBA into a PCI slot. Power up the system.
2.Put your Windows NT/2000/XP CD into the
3.Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning
of text mode installation. Press 's' when setup asks if you want to specify an additional device, and insert the enclosed Driver CD.
Press 'Enter' and select ' E:\ SATAII 3Gbps_Raid_4Port \ SiI3124 \ Win XP_2000_2003_NT \ Drivers '
4.Press 'Enter' to continue on with text mode setup.
5.Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for partition and file system.
6.After setup examines your disks, it will copy files to Windows 2000 installation folders and restart the system. The setup program will continue and finish the
installation after restart.
7.Wait until Windows 2000 finishes installing devices, regional settings, networking settings, components, and final set of tasks, reboot the system if it is
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