User manual
DRIVER INSTALLATION
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Note:
The computer system BIOS must support bootable from
CD-ROM.
For details, see Chapter 3 “McBIOS RAID manager”. Once a
volume set is created and congured, continue with next step to
install the operating system.
3. Insert the Windows setup CD and reboot the system to begin
the Windows installation.
4. Press F6 key as soon as the Windows screen shows ”Setup is
Inspecting your Computer’s Hardware Conguration”. A message
stating “Press F6 to Specify Thrid-party RAID Controller” will
display during this time. This must be done or else the Windows
installer will not prompt for the driver for from the SATA RAID
controller and the driver diskette will not be recognized.
5. The next screen will show: “Setup could not determine the
type of one or more mass storage device installed in your sys-
tem”. Selected “specify additional SCSI adapter” by pressing S.
6. Window will prompt to place the “Manufacturer-supplied hard-
ware support disk” into oppy drive A: Insert the SATA RAID
series driver diskette in drive “A:” and press Enter key.
7. Window will check the oppy; select the correct card and CPU
type for your hardware from the listing and press Enter key to
install it.
8. After Windows scans the hardware and nds the controller, it
will display:
“Setup will load support for the following Mass Storage devices:”
“ARECA [Windows X86-64 Storport] SATA/SAS PCI RAID Con-
troller (RAID6-Engine inside)”. Press Enter key to continue and
copy the driver les. From this point on, simply follow the Mi-
crosoft Windows installation procedure. Follow the on-screen
instructions, responding as needed, to complete the installation.