Raid Troubleshooting - Abit KG7-RAID User Manual

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RAID Troubleshooting

Q & A:
Q: May I use hard drives with different capacity or transfer mode?
A: In order to get optimized performance, we suggest using hard drives with the same model.
Q: How to assign a booting device?
A: You may press <Ctrl> <H> to assign a booting device in RAID BIOS (See Chapter 4 for detailed
information).
Q: Why can't I see correct capacity in FDISK utility?
A: This is a well-known issue of Windows
307075 only gets 7768MB in Windows
version of FDISK utility. For windows
http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/welcome.htm
Q: How to create a striping and mirror array (RAID 0+1)?
A: You need four HDD drives, every two of them on the same channel/cable build a striping array. Then
create a mirror array by these two striping arrays (See Chapter 4 for detailed information).
1. Press <Ctrl> <H> to setup configuration
2. Choose item 1 to Create RAID.
3. Choose item 1 to set Array Mode as Striping and Mirror (RAID 0+1).
4. Choose item 2 to Select Disk Drives. There are two striping arrays built automatically and you
only have to enter twice.
5. Choose item 4 to Start Creation Process.
6. Press <Esc> to finish setting and leave RAID BIOS.
Q: How to rebuild a mirror array when one of the drives corrupts?
A: You need to delete previous array setting, duplicate the data, then rebuild a new array setting (See
Chapter 4 for detailed information).
1. Press <Ctrl> <H> to setup configuration
2. Choose item 2 to Delete Array.
3. Choose item 3 to Rebuild Mirror Array.
4. Choose sub item 1 to Select Source Disk, the one with data on it.
5. Choose sub item 2 to Select Target Disk, the brand new and empty one.
6. Choose sub item 3 to Start Duplication Process.
7. After duplication process completes, press <Esc> to leave RAID BIOS.
KG7-Lite/KG7/KG7-RAID
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95/98's FDISK utility. If an IBM 75GB hard disk DTLA
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95/98's FDISK utility, please contact Microsoft
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2000, there is no such a 64GB issue.
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