Installation Issues - Promise Technology FastTrak TX4650 User Manual

FastTrak TX4650, TX2650 User Manual
Controllers. Look under Other Devices to see if it lists a PCI Card or RAID
Controller. If so, highlight this listing and click the Properties button then click
the Driver tab.
Depending on your version of Windows, choose either Change Driver or
Update Driver. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation of the
driver. If Windows asks if you want to test if the device can be removed
safely, click CANCEL. Reboot the system to complete installation of the
driver.
"Inaccessible Boot Device" message appears during floppyless installation
of Windows
You did not press the F6 key at the appropriate time. Reboot the system and
press the F6 key when the message "Press F6 if you need to install third
party SCSI or RAID driver" appears in Windows.
"No Hard Drives Found" message appears during CD-ROM installation of
Windows
You did not press the F6 key at the appropriate time. Reboot the system and
press the F6 key when the message "Press F6 if you need to install third
party SCSI or RAID driver" appears in Windows.

Installation Issues

How can I change the system boot sequence in order to boot from the
FastTrak logical drive?
The boot sequence is controlled by the system BIOS. The system BIOS
recognizes the FastTrak TX Series RAID Controller and its logical drives as
SCSI devices. This arrangement allows you to set the boot sequence in your
BIOS setup utility to boot from SCSI first, rather than IDE.
If there are multiple SCSI add-in controllers in the system, then the boot
sequence among is determined by their PCI slot priority. PCI slot #1 will be
first, slot #2 second, etc. If you want to boot from the logical drive, put the
FastTrak Controller in the PCI slot where it will be accessed before the other
SCSI controllers.
How can I change the boot sequence between a PCI SCSI card and the
FastTrak logical drive?
Since all PCI and PCIe devices are PnP, it is difficult to determine which
device is addressed first. Some newer motherboard BIOSes have advanced
options that identify devices and allow you to select which device will be
assigned resources first. Otherwise you may have to physically switch the
device cards among the PCI and PCIe slots so that the boot device is in the
highest priority slot number, as described in the previous answer.
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