7.1RAID 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.

7.1.1Creating 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.

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® 2000/XP or Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0/SuSE 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).

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.Select 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.

5.Press any key when prompted to boot from CD.

Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO!

Press any key to boot from CDROM...

The Makedisk menu appears.

6.Place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive, then select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create by typing the number before the option

7.Press <Enter>.

8.Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.

For systems with Red Hat® Enterprise versions that are not listed in the Makedisk menu, explore the support CD and copy the RAID driver disk from the following path: \Drivers\Chipset\ICH\LSI\Driver\Linux.

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Chapter 7: Driver installation