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Installing the Driver 5 Press Ctrl-A when prompted to enter the Adaptec RAID Configuration (ARC) utility. You will use ARC to create the array and logical drive that you will use to install Linux. (For more details about the ARC utility, see Appendix A.) 6 From the ARC menu, select Array Configuration Utility (ACU). 7 From the ACU menu, select Create Array. 8 Select the drives for the new array and press Insert. Note: If your drives are shown in gray and cannot be used, they probably need to be initialized. See Initializing Disk Drives on page A-6 for details. 9 Press Enter when both drives for the new array are selected. The Array Properties menu is displayed. 10 In the Array Properties menu, select an array type and press Enter. The available selections are RAID 0 and RAID 1. Each of these array types requires two drives. (For a description of these array types, see Appendix B.) Note: Once the array is created and its properties are assigned, you cannot change the array properties using the ACU. Instead, use Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser Edition. 11 Optional-Type in a label for the array and press Enter. 12 RAID 0 only-Select the desired stripe size. Available stripe sizes are 16, 32, and 64 KB (default). Note: Adaptec recommends that you do not change the default. 3-10

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3-10
Installing the Driver
5
Press
Ctrl-A
when prompted to enter the Adaptec RAID
Configuration (ARC) utility. You will use ARC to create the
array and logical drive that you will use to install Linux. (For
more details about the ARC utility, see
Appendix A
.)
6
From the ARC menu, select
Array Configuration Utility
(ACU).
7
From the ACU menu, select
Create Array
.
8
Select the drives for the new array and press
Insert
.
Note:
If your drives are shown in gray and cannot be used,
they probably need to be initialized. See
Initializing Disk
Drives
on page A-6
for details.
9
Press
Enter
when both drives for the new array are selected.
The
Array Properties
menu is displayed.
10
In the
Array Properties
menu, select an array type and press
Enter
. The available selections are RAID 0 and RAID 1. Each of
these array types requires two drives. (For a description of these
array types, see
Appendix B
.)
Note:
Once the array is created and its properties are
assigned, you cannot change the array properties using
the ACU. Instead, use Adaptec Storage Manager - Browser
Edition.
11
Optional
—
Type in a label for the array and press
Enter
.
12
RAID 0 only
—
Select the desired stripe size. Available stripe
sizes are 16, 32, and 64 KB (default).
Note:
Adaptec recommends that you
do not
change the
default.