Intel Raid Option Rom; Description; Confirming Version Of Intel Raid Option Rom Installed; Using The Intel Raid Option Rom - TYAN Tomcat i925X S5130 User Manual

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5. The next screen should confirm that you have selected the Intel(R) RAID controller. Press
ENTER again to continue.
6. At this point, you have successfully F6'ed in the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition
driver and Windows XP setup should continue. Leave the floppy disk in the floppy drive until
the system reboots itself. Windows* setup will need to copy the files from the floppy again to
the Windows installation folders. Once Windows setup has copied these four files again, you
should then remove the floppy diskette so that Windows setup can reboot as needed.

4.3 Intel RAID Option ROM

4.3.1 Description

The Intel RAID Option ROM is a PnP option ROM that provides a pre-operating system user
interface for the Intel RAID implementation and provides BIOS and DOS disk services (Int13h).

4.3.2 Confirming Version of Intel RAID Option ROM Installed

There is only one way to determine which version of the Intel RAID Option ROM has been
integrated into the system BIOS:
Press the CTRL + i keys when you see the 'Intel(R) RAID for Serial ATA' status screen
appear (should appear early in system boot-up, during the Power-On Self Test (POST))
Located in the top right corner you should see a version number in the following format:
V4.0.0.xxxx

4.3.3 Using the Intel RAID Option ROM

Creating, Deleting, and Resetting RAID Volumes
The Serial ATA RAID volume may be configured using the RAID Configuration utility stored
within the Intel RAID Option ROM.
During the Power-On Self Test (POST), the following message will appear for a few seconds:
After the above message appears, press the <Ctrl> and <i> keys simultaneously to enter the
RAID Configuration Utility.
Chapter 4: SATA/RAID Setup (for SATA RAID model)
The 'Drive Model', 'Serial #', and 'Size' listed in your system can differ
from the following example.
Intel (R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.0.6211
Copyright (C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
RAID Volumes:
None defined.
Physical Disks:
Port Drive Model
Serial #
0
WDC WD360CD-00FN WD-WMAH91105870
3
WDC WD360CD-00FN WD-WMAH91063877
Press <CTRL-I> to enter Configuration Utility..
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Note
Size
Type/Status(Vol ID)
34.4GB
Non-RAID Disk
Non-RAID Disk
34.4GB
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