3Ware 3W-6800 User Guide - Page 58

Installing the storage switch and Windows NT 4.0, Create disk arrays

Get 3Ware 3W-6800 - Escalade 6800 RAID Controller PDF manuals and user guides View all 3Ware 3W-6800 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 58 highlights

3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Installing the storage switch and Windows NT 4.0 Materials required: • Windows NT 4.0 installation CD-ROM and diskettes • 3ware CD-ROM • 3ware Windows driver installation diskette Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Has your boot drive been partitioned? Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Setup occasionally has problems installing on drives that have not been partitioned. If you are having trouble you may need to create a partition on the drive where you plan to install Windows NT 4.0. 1 Use the FDISK DOS utility to get your disk partitioned and ready for installation quickly: 2 Boot MS-DOS and use FDISK to create a partition on the boot drive. The partition does not need to be formatted or made active. With FDISK you are limited to 4 GB for your boot partition. If you need a larger boot space create a single small (e.g., 100 MB) partition, then adjust the size during Windows NT 4.0 Setup. Boot the system Insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, or the Windows NT 4.0 diskettes into the floppy diskette drive. 48 www.3ware.com

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
3ware Escalade Storage Switch
User Guide
48
www.3ware.com
Installing the storage switch and Windows
NT 4.0
Materials required:
•
Windows NT 4.0 installation CD-ROM and diskettes
•
3ware CD-ROM
•
3ware Windows driver installation diskette
Create disk arrays
Refer to the
3ware Hardware Installation
and
3ware Disk Array
Configuration Utility
chapters
.
Has your boot drive been partitioned?
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Setup occasionally has problems
installing on drives that have not been partitioned. If you are having
trouble you may need to create a partition on the drive where you
plan to install Windows NT 4.0.
1
Use the
FDISK
DOS utility to get your disk partitioned and
ready for installation quickly:
2
Boot MS-DOS and use
FDISK
to create a partition on the boot
drive. The partition does not need to be formatted or made
active. With
FDISK
you are limited to 4 GB for your boot parti-
tion. If you need a larger boot space create a single small (e.g.,
100 MB) partition, then adjust the size during Windows NT 4.0
Setup
.
Boot the system
Insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, or
the Windows NT 4.0 diskettes into the floppy diskette drive.