6.1RAID driver installation

6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk

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 FreeDOS from the support CD) or in Windows® environment.

DOS

To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment:

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

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

3.Set the optical drive as the first boot priority to boot from the support CD. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.

4.Restart the computer. The following screen appears during POST.

a)FreeDOS command prompt

b)Create ICH7R LSI MegaRAID IDE Driver for RHEL4 Driver Disk

c)Create ICH7R LSI MegaRAID IDE Driver for RHEL4 64 bit Driver Disk

d)Create ICH7R LSI MegaRAID IDE Driver for SLES9 SP1 Driver Disk

e)Create ICH7R LSI MegaRAID IDE Driver for SLES9 SP1 64 bit Driver Disk

f)Create ICH7R LSI MegaRAID IDE Driver for SUSE93 Driver Disk

g)Create ICH7R LSI MegaRAID IDE Driver for Win 32/64 bit Driver Disk

h)Create ICH7R Intel Matrix Storage for Win32 driver disk

i)Create ICH7R Intel Matrix Storage for Win64 driver disk

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

k)Create LSI Logic Fusion-MPT MiniPort for Win2K3 32/64 bit driver

l)Create LSI Logi Fusion-MPT MiniPort for RH3.0AS driver

m)Broadcom Firmware Update

Please choose a ~ m:_

5.Place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive, then press the letter of your choice. The following warning message will appear:

Warning!!!

Bootable CD will delete all data in floppy

Press a key to continue.

6.Press any key to continue. The RAID drivers are copied to the floppy disk.

7.Eject the floppy disk, then write-protect it to prevent computer virus infection.

8.Press any key to continue.

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