Installing The Ata Raid Controller While Installing; Windows 98/Me; Create Disk Arrays; Boot The System From The Windows 98/Me Diskette - 3Ware 7000-2 - Escalade RAID Controller User Manual

Installing the ATA RAID controller while
installing Windows 98/ME
Materials required:
• 3ware CD-ROM
(You will be required to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installa-
tion Diskette from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM.
Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM for
directions.)

Create disk arrays

Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array
Configuration Utility chapters.

Boot the system from the Windows 98/ME diskette

1 Insert Windows 98/ME boot disk into the floppy drive.
2 Restart your computer.
3 From the Windows 98 or ME Startup Menu, choose 1. Start
computer with CD-ROM support.

Partition the boot device using fdisk

1 If your disks have not been partitioned you will get a message
like "Windows has detected that drive C does not contain a valid
FAT or FAT32 partition". From the MS-DOS command prompt,
run fdisk to create a partition.
A:\> fdisk
2 When asked to enable large disk support indicate "yes" by typ-
ing Y.
3 Under FDISK Options select option 1, Create a DOS partition
or Logical DOS Drive.
4 Under Create a DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive select
option 1, Create a Primary DOS partition.
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