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CHAPTER 2
Setting Up Your RAID Configuration
Installing the RAID Drivers
Your system may come with a Windows install CD that already includes NVIDIA RAID
drivers. If so, then this section is not relevant.
If that is not the case (or you are trying to install a new version of Windows), then you
will need an NVIDIA RAID driver F6 install floppy. Check to see if one came with your
system. If not, you can create one by downloading the appropriate driver package and
following the steps in this section.
1Create an F6 install floppy by using the ʺ-xʺ option, then copy all files in ʺ…\IDE\
WinXP\sataraidʺ to a floppy disk. (For Windows 2000, substitute ʺWin2Kʺ in the path.)
2After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the Windows CD.
The Windows Setup program starts.
3Press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to appear.
Figure 2.19
Windows Setup—Specify Devices
4Specify the NVIDIA drivers.
aInsert the floppy that has the RAID driver, press S, then press Enter.
Windows Setup
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices
installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter.
Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s):
<none>
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special
disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for
which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device
manufacturer, press S.
* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage
device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional
mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.
S=Specify Additional Devices ENTER=Continue F3=Exit