Installation guide

User Guide
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■ LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 RAID Controller (256 MB, RAID 0/1/5/6)
■ Adaptec SCSI Card 29320ALP
Reinstalling an Operating System in a Dynamic
Disk
A basic disk that has been upgraded to a dynamic disk may contain an additional
partition other than the partition where you reinstall the operating system. To reinstall
the operating system in the dynamic disk without removing the old partition(s):
■ Choose the partition where an old operating system was located.
■ To format the partition, choose
Use the current File System.
Installing on the Mirrored Volume
When re-installing the OS to a hard disk drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic
Disk, only the simple dynamic volume is available for installation.
To install the OS on a volume that is mirrored using Disk Management, proceed as
follows:
1. invalidate the mirroring
2. reset to the basic disk before the installation
3. validate the mirroring again after the installation.
Note: You can create, invalidate, or delete the mirror
volume by using Disk Management in Computer Management.
Magneto-Optical Drive
If you try to set the current file system to NTFS on your system with MO drives
connected, you may fail to format the file system.
To format correctly, disconnect the MO drives from your system and repeat the
installation procedure.
Tape Media
Remove all tapes from the tape drives before you install.
Additional Peripheral Devices (such as RDX)