Installing Slackware Linux - Asus PCI-DA2100 User Manual

Appendix A
6. Choose "SCSI CD-ROM", the installation program will found
ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 RAID controller, follow the on-
screen instructions to continue.
7. Insert "ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 Red Hat 5.1 Supplement
Disk" disk 4 into floppy drive when prompted.
8. When on-screen appears "Please insert the Disk 3 (Driver disk)",
insert "ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 Text RAID Manager,
RAIDSNMP for Linux" into the floppy drive.
9. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of
Red Hat 5.1.
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IMPORTANT:
ALWAYS CHANGE THE CACHE TO WRITE-BACK DISABLED
BEFORE
PARTITIONING.
The ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 is a high-performance PCI RAID
controller with Write-Back cache enabled. During the installation of
some operating systems, the installation program might reset the
computer automatically while the cache still contains data not yet
written to the drives. It might cause the installation or partitioning
failure. To avoid the failure, always switch the cache mode to Write-
Back DISABLED (Write-Through mode) before changing the drive
partition (e.g., using MS-DOS FDISK) and before installing any
operating systems.
1. Follow these steps to change the cache mode to Write-back
Disabled:
a) Using BIOS Text RAID Manager (PC platform only) to
disable the Write-Back Cache. Power on the computer,
press <CTRL><I> when the information appears.
b) Choose "Configure RAID" from the menu and press
<Enter> to enter a proper display mode (either ANSI,
VT-100 or ANSI Color).
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