Installing The Raid Drivers - ECS A55F-M2 Manual

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Installing the RAID Drivers

Your system may come with a Windows install CD that already includes AMD 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 AMD 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.
1 Copy all files in "...\RAID\ATI\A55\Floppy\Win3264" to a floppy disk.
After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the Windows CD.
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The Windows Setup program starts.
Windows Setup
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Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...
Figure 1.9
Press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to
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appear.
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 drivers, or special
disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for
which you have a device support disk from a mass storag 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
Figure 1.10
Specify the AMD drivers.
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a Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver, press S, then press Enter.
Setting Up AMD A55 RAID Configuration
ENTER=Continue F3=Exit
Windows Setup—Specify Devices