Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 User Manual page 31

Step:
In BIOS Setup, go to
Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup.
Running the UEFI RAID Utility
To run the UEFI RAID utility, enter the following commands.
You can enter the commands at Shell or
Checking Disk Information
To see the hard drive information, enter the following commands and press <Enter>. You will see CONTROLLER
LIST and DISK LIST displayed on the screen.
rcadm -M -qa
Creating a RAID Array
To create a RAID array, refer to the following examples to enter the commands and press <Enter>. When
succeeded, the message which says "created sucessfully" will appear.
Example 1: Create a RAID 0 array with Drive 0 and Drive 1 and the array size is 40 GB.
rcadm -C -r0 -d 0 1 -s 40000
("C"=
s x0000
Example 2: Create a RAID 5 array with Drive 1~4 and the array size is 75 GB.
rcadm -C -r5 -d 1 2 3 4 -s 75000
("C"=
After you create the array, you can enter the "rcadm -M -qa" commands to see the array information. In addition
to the CONTROLLER LIST and DISK LIST information, you will see ARRAY LIST information displayed on the
screen, too.
Deleting an Array
To delete an array, enter the following commands and press <Enter>.
rcadm -D -a 1
("D"=
To exit the UEFI RAID utility, enter "exit" and press <Enter>.
Steps:
After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. Press <Ctrl> + <R> to enter
the RAID BIOS setup utility.
Deleting an existing disk array could result in loss of data. Record all array information including the
and set to Windows 8 Features and CSM Support to
x
YES to delete or to cancel, and then press <Enter>.
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