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7.1
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 the RAID controller drivers during OS
installation.
7.1.1
Creating a RAID driver disk
You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from the
system/motherboard support CD or from the Internet.
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
Red Hat
Enterprise / SuSE 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 motherboard 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.
5.
Press any key when prompted to boot from CD.
Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO!
Press any key to boot from CDROM...
The Makedisk menu appears.
Create Driver Diskette Menu
ICH7R INTEL RAID Driver
ICH7R LSI RAID Driver
Broadcom ASF Firmware Update
Write DMI
FreeDOS command prompt
6.
Place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive, then select the
type of RAID driver disk you want to create by typing the number before the
option
7.
Press <Enter>.
8.
Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.
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