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3.6 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the Promise® SATA 376 or FastTrak 376 driver is required when installing Windows® XP/2000 operating system. You can create a RAID driver disk using Makedisk.exe utility. To create a RAID driver disk: 1. Insert the motherboard support CD into the CD-ROM drive and locate the Makedisk.exe utility for your RAID controller. A. The Makedisk.exe utility for the FastTrak 378 driver is located in "\Drivers\Promise\378RAID\Makedisk.exe" of the motherboard support CD. B. The Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA RAID driver is located in "\Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID\DriverDisk\Makedisk.exe" of the motherboard support CD. 2. Insert a clean floppy disk into the floppy disk drive and execute Makedisk.exe. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process. 3. Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection. To install the RAID driver: 1. During the OS installation, the system prompts to press the F6 key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. For additional information on RAID installation and configuration, refer to the Promise® RAID installation guide found in "\Drivers\Promise\Setup" or the VIA RAID readme file found in "\Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID\Readme.txt". 3-20 Chapter 3: Software support

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Chapter 3: Software support
3.6
Creating a RAID driver disk
A floppy disk with the Promise
®
SATA 376 or FastTrak 376 driver is required when
installing Windows
®
XP/2000 operating system. You can create a RAID driver disk
using Makedisk.exe utility.
To create a RAID driver disk:
1.
Insert the motherboard support CD into the CD-ROM drive and locate the
Makedisk.exe utility for your RAID controller.
A.
The Makedisk.exe utility for the FastTrak 378 driver
is located in
“\Drivers\Promise\378RAID\Makedisk.exe”
of the motherboard
support CD.
B.
The Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA RAID driver
is located in
“\Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID\DriverDisk\Makedisk.exe”
of the
motherboard support CD.
2.
Insert a clean floppy disk into the floppy disk drive and execute Makedisk.exe.
Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
3.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
To install the RAID driver:
1.
During the OS installation, the system prompts to press the
F6
key to install
third-party SCSI or RAID driver.
2.
Press
<F6>
then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk
drive.
3.
Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.
For additional information on RAID installation and configuration, refer to the
Promise
®
RAID installation guide found in
“\Drivers\Promise\Setup”
or the VIA
RAID readme file found in
“\Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID\Readme.txt”.