Raid Driver Installation - Asus PIKE 2108 User Manual

3.1

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 or update the RAID card drivers.
The RAID card driver might be included in the Linux OS installation CD, and
could be loaded automatically during OS installation. However, we recommend
using the RAID driver packaged in the RAID card support CD for better
reliability.
Creating a RAID driver disk
You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from the
RAID card support CD or from the Internet.
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
2003 or Linux operating system on a hard 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 RAID card 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.
The Makedisk menu appears. Select PIKE 2108 SAS2 card Driver, and press
5. The Makedisk menu appears. Select
<Enter> to enter the submenu.
3-2
Create Driver Diskette Menu
PIKE 2108 SAS2 card Driver
PIKE 2008/IMR SAS2 card Driver
PIKE 2008 SAS2 card Driver
FreeDOS command prompt
Server
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Chapter 3: Driver installation