5.4.4JMicron® RAID Configuration

The JMicron® Serial ATA controller allows you to configure RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD sets on the external Serial ATA hard disk drives.

Before creating a RAID set

Prepare the following items:

1.Two SATA HDDs, preferably with the same model and capacity.

2.A write-enabled floppy disk (Windows XP). A write-enabled floppy disk or a USB flash disk drive (Windows Vista)

3.Microsoft® Windows® OS installation disk (Windows XP/Windows Vista)

4.Motherboard support DVD with JMB363 driver

Complete the following steps before you create a RAID set:

1.Install two external Serial ATA hard disk drives on your system.

2.Set the JMicron RAID controller item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section

4.5.3 Onboard Device Configuration for details.

Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Advanced

 

Onboard Device Configuration

Select Menu

 

HD Audio

[Auto]

Item Specific Help

 

Front Panel Support Type

[HD Audio]

Press [Enter] to

 

Onboard 1st nVidia LAN

[Enabled]

 

setHD Audio function.

 

Onboard 2nd nVidia LAN

[Enabled]

 

JMicron RAID controller

[IDE]

 

 

 

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

[Disabled]

 

 

 

Onboard 1394

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1:Help

↑↓ : Select Item

-/+: Change Value

F5: Setup

Defaults

ESC: Exit

→←: Select Menu

Enter: Select SubMenu

F10: Save

and Exit

3.Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to set up your RAID configuration.

4.Create a JMB363 RAID driver disk for Windows® OS installation. See section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details.

5.Install the JMB363 driver after the Windows® OS had been installed.

Always install the JMB363 driver before creating RAID sets.

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