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1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 2 2. Guide to RAID Configurations (RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD 4 2.1 Introduction of RAID 4 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 RAID 0 Configuraion 6 2.4 RAID 1 Configuration 10 2.5 JBOD Configuration 16 3. Guide to Windows 2000 / Windows XP Installation 20
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cable to the motherboard's secondary SATA connector (SATA2). STEP 5: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the secondary SATA hard disk. STEP 6: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA hard disk. 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on your
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and copy SATA drivers into the floppy diskette. Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on your system, or you may start to use "ALi RAID BIOS Setup Utility" to set RAID 0 / RAID
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/ RAID 1 / JBOD) 2.1 Introduction of RAID This motherboard adopts ALi M5283 IDE controller chip that supports RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD function with two independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. This section will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID, and the guide to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
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. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is 60GB. 3. Please verify the status of your hard disks before you
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2.3 RAID 0 Configuration This section will guide you to configure RAID 0. To set RAID 0 configuration, please follow the instruction below to use "ALi RAID BIOS Setup Utility" for the setting of RAID 0 configuration. STEP 1: Boot-up your computer. STEP 2: Press and simultaneously to enter
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Drive Select Menu for you to choose the first drive for RAID 0. RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID 0 Capacity Stripe Size Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Select Stripe Drives Drive
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following message, "Data on RAID Drives will be deleted (Y/N) ?" RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID Capacity Stripe Size 16K Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Data on RAID drives
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it will display the RAID array information at RAID Array List. RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID 0 Capacity Stripe Size Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Drive Model B Channel
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2.4 RAID 1 Configuration This section will guide you to configure RAID 1. To set RAID 1 configuration, please follow the instruction below to use "ALi RAID BIOS Setup Utility" for the setting of RAID 1 configuration. STEP 1: Boot-up your computer. STEP 2: Press and simultaneously to enter
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for you to choose the first (source) drive for RAID 1. RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID 0 Striping Capacity Stripe Size Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Select Mirror Drives Drive
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will appear the following message, "Create RAID 1 (Y/N) ?" RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID for integrated Capacity Stripe Size Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Create RAID 1 (Y/N) ?
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array name are -, -, -, key, and underscore. RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID Stripe Size 16K Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Input RAID name (8
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mirror only, and the data is inconsistent in two drives. RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID integrated Capacity Stripe Size Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Duplicate Data from M to
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it will display the RAID array information at RAID Array List. RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID integrated Capacity Stripe Size Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Drive Model B Channel 1
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2.5 JBOD Configuration This section will guide you to configure JBOD. To set JBOD configuration, please follow the instruction below to use "ALi RAID BIOS Setup Utility" for the setting of JBOD configuration. STEP 1: Boot-up your computer. STEP 2: Press and simultaneously to enter the
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Drive Select Menu for you to choose the first drive for JBOD. RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID 0 Capacity Stripe Size Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Select JBOD Drives Drive
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following message, "Data on RAID Drives will be deleted (Y/N) ?" RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID 0 Capacity Stripe Size 16K Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Data on RAID drives
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it will display the RAID array information at RAID Array List. RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2003 ALi Corporation www.ali.com.tw Create RAID Stripe Size 16K Delete RAID Setting & Partition Delete All RAID Setting & Partition Rebuild RAID Array Select Boot Drive Drive Model B Channel
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(see page 4 to page 19) before you install Windows 2000 / Windows XP. For the installation of the SATA drivers while installing Windows 2000 or Windows XP, please follow the instruction below. STEP 1: Insert Windows 2000 or Windows XP CD into the optical drive. STEP 2: Remove the floppy
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PS=reSspsecFi6fy iAf dydoituionnaeledDetvoiceinstalEl NaTEthRi=rdCopnatirntyue SCSFI 3=orExRitAID driver . . . STEP 4: Insert the SATA driver into drive A: and press . Windows Setup Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A: Press ENTER when ready
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any additional devices to be installed, or pressing to exit the OS installation. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): M5283 SATA RAID Controller (Windows XP) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use