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6.1
RAID driver installation
After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to
install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable
array. This part provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller
drivers during OS installation.
6.1.1
Creating a RAID driver disk
You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from
the system/motherboard support CD or from the Internet.
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
2000 or Red Hat
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disk drive that is included in a RAID set. You can create a RAID driver disk in
DOS (using the Makedisk application in the support CD).
To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment:
1.
Place the motherboard support CD in the optical drive.
2.
Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup.
3.
Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to boot from the
support CD. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.
4.
Restart the computer.
5.
Press any key when prompted to boot from CD.
Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO!
Press any key to boot from CDROM...
The Makedisk menu appears.
A) FreeDOS command prompt
B) Create ICH7R LSI MegaRAID IDE Driver for Windows Driver Disk
C) Create ICH7R LSI MegaRAID IDE Driver for RHEL3UP6 driver
D) Create ICH7R Intel Matrix Storage for Windows driver disk
E) Create LSI Logic Fusion-MPT MiniPort for Win2K driver
F) Create LSI Logic Fusion-MPT MiniPort for Win2K3 32 bit driver
G) Broadcom ASF Firmware Update
Please choose A To G:
6.
Place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive, then
select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create by typing the
number before the option
7.
Press <Enter>.
8.
Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.
For systems with Red Hat
Makedisk menu, explore the support CD and copy the RAID driver disk
from the following path: \Drivers\ICH7R\LSI\Linux.
ASUS P5MT-MX/C
Enterprise ver. 3.0/SuSE operating system on a hard
Enterprise versions that are not listed in the
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