Adaptec AAA-UDMA Hardware Guide - Page 30

AAA-UDMA Installation and Hardware Guide 5 When the next menu appears, select the type of applications that you will run on your system. (Select Others if you are not sure what type of applications you will use.) ARRAYCONFIG UDMA will use your answer to create the best array configuration for your applications. 6 When the next menu appears, select a boot order for the new array: - Select Disk Array will be Boot Drive if you want your system to boot from the new array. If you selected Optimized for Data Protection in Step 4, booting from an array safeguards the information on your boot drive. (To boot from an array, you must also install the operating system software on the array, as described in later chapters.) - Select Disk Array will not be a Boot Drive if you do not want your system to boot from the new array. 7 When you have finished all these menu selections, wait while ARRAYCONFIG UDMA creates the array. This may take a long time, especially if the drives are large in capacity. A message appears when the array has been created. An error message appears if ARRAYCONFIG UDMA encounters a problem. If this happens, run ARRAYCONFIG UDMA again and select the Custom Setup option. 8 When the array is created, exit ARRAYCONFIG UDMA, remove the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA diskette, and reboot the system. After you reboot you can write data to the array. Creating an Array with Custom Setup Follow these instructions to create an array with Custom Setup: 1 Insert the ARRAYCONFIG UDMA diskette in drive A and reboot the system. Wait for ARRAYCONFIG UDMA to start automatically. 2 Read the text that appears on the initial screens. Press any key to view the next screen, or press Esc to return to the previous screen. 3 Select Custom Setup from the Setup Type Selection menu. 3-4