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6.1 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.

6.1.1 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 oppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows

2000 or

Red Hat

Enterprise ver. 3.0/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).

Boot from CD-ROM (DOS)

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 rst 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.

The Makedisk menu appears.

Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO!

PressanykeytobootfromCDROM...

A) FreeDOS command prompt

B)CreateLSI1068SASforWindows2000/200332bitDriverDisk

C)CreateLSI1068SASforRHEL4UP264bitDriverDisk

D)CreateLSI1068SASforRHEL4UP232bitDriverDisk

E)CreateLSI1068SASforRHEL3UP664bitDriverDisk

F)CreateLSI1068SASforRHEL3UP632bitDriverDisk

G)CreateIntelMatrixStorageManagerforWindows32bitDriverDisk

H)CreateIntelMatrixStorageManagerforWindows64bitDriverDisk

I)CreateLSIMegaRAIDforWindows32/64bitDriverDisk

J)CreateLSIMegaRAIDforRHEL4UP232/64bitDriverDisk

K)CreateLSIMegaRAIDforRHEL3UP632/64bitDriverDisk

L) Broadcom ASF Firmware Update

M)FlashAMIBIOSforP5M2/SAS

N)FlashAMIBIOSforP5M2

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