16. Press the F6 key when you see the message "Press F6 if you need to
install third party SCSI or RAID driver".
17. When the Windows Setup menu appears, press the <S> key to "Specify
Additional Device".
18. Insert the RAID Driver Diskette into the external USB Floppy drive.
19. Press Enter to select the controller for your Windows XP operating system
(see below).
VIA VT8237/6421/6410 SATA RAID Controller (Windows XP/SRV2003)
20. The system will now read from the floppy disk drive and then return to the
Windows Setup menu.
21. Press Enter to continue installing the operating system as normal (see your
Windows documentation if you need help on installing the Windows OS).
22. Install the chipset driver as per the instructions in
23. Install the RAID driver as per the instructions in
24. Double-click the VIA RAID Tool icon
25. You can then further configure the disk array from the VIA RAID Tool
application.
26. Click Create (button) to create the Striped array.
27. You will be prompted to reboot the system to enable the array.
"Chipset" on page 4 -
"RAID" on page 4 -
in the taskbar.
Figure 7 - 12
RAID Controller
OS Select
Operating System
Installation
Warning
9.
9.
If you are installing an
operating system (e.g.
Windows
XP),
have a 10-in-1 Card
Reader present, make
sure to set the Card
Reader option in the
BIOS to "Disabled".
RAID Setup 7 - 25
Modules
7
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