Creating Concatenation - MSI K8N Diamond User Manual

Silicon RAID Introduction

Creating Concatenation

Since BIOS no longer reports non-RAID drives to the system BIOS, if a non-RAID
boot drive or data drive is desired, a Concatenation can be created so BIOS will
report it to the system BIOS.
1. To create a Concatenation, Select "Create RAID set"
2. Select "Concatenation" and press Enter.
3. Select Concatenation drive from the physical drive list and press Enter.
4. Select Concatenation size with and keys.
5. After the Concatenation size is set, the message "Are You Sure?" will display
before completing the configuration. Answer "N" to abort the creation of the
Concatenation, or "Y" to proceed with the Concatenation creation.
Deleting RAID Groups, Spare Drive, and Concatenation
1. To remove one or more RAID sets, spare drives, and Concatenation, select
"Delete RAID set"
2. Select the desired item to delete from the logical drive list and press Enter.
3. Press "Y" when asked, "Are You Sure?"
4. The drives will be returned to the selection of logical drives from which a new
RAID set can be created.
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