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single drive spanned (JBOD). Multiple drives striped or spanned will
not work. Also, the controller must address the drives as LBA, not
CHS.
Q: If I have a problem with one of the drives on the FastTrak100-Lite,
how can I low level format it to correct the problem?
A: Do NOT do this. Low-level formatting IDE drives is unnecessary and
generally does not correct problems which might be experienced
during use. Errors such as bad sectors or ECC/CRC failure are best
remedied by completely replacing the drive. For this reason, drives
attached to the FastTrak100-Lite controller should NOT be low level
formatted.
Q: Do I have to install disk management software on my array in
order to access the full storage capacity of drives?
A: No! Disk management software would only complicate things. The
array should be fully addressable by your O/S as it is. Remember that
some operating systems have varying limits on the sizes of partitions
and logical drives that can be defined. Consult your O/S documentation
about partitioning larger drives.
Q: What system BIOS CMOS settings do I use for the drives on the
FastTrak100-Lite controller?
A: None. The drives on the FastTrak100-Lite controller are supported by
the FastTrak100-Lite BIOS and/or an O/S drivers, not by your system
BIOS.
Q: How do I partition/format my FastTrak100-Lite RAID array?
A:
The FastTrak100-Lite "fools" the system into thinking that it's dealing
with a single HDD. Therefore, anything that you can do to a single
HDD can also be done to a FastTrak100-Lite array. You can, and
should, use the FDISK and FORMAT utilities to partition/format the
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