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6.1 RAID driver installation After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation. 6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from the system/motherboard support CD or from the Internet. A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® 2000 or Red Hat® Enterprise ver. 3.0/SuSE operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the Makedisk application in the support CD). To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment: 1. Place the motherboard support CD in the optical drive. 2. Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup. 3. Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to boot from the support CD. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. Restart the computer. 5. Press any key when prompted to boot from CD. Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO! Press any key to boot from CDROM... The Makedisk menu appears. A) FreeDOS command prompt B) Make ICH7R Matrix Storage for Win32 bit driver disk C) Make ICH7R Matrix Storage for Win64 bit driver disk D) Make Intel ICH7R LSI MegaRAID for Windows 32/64 bit Driver Disk E) Make Intel ICH7R LSI MegaRAID for RHEL 3 32/64 bit Driver Disk F) Make Intel ICH7R LSI MegaRAID for RHEL 4 32/64 bit Driver Disk G) Make Marvell 88SE6145 SATA non-RAID for Windows 32/64 bit driver disk H) Make Marvell 88SE6145 SATA non-RAID for for RHEL AS4 32 bit Driver Disk I) Make Marvell 88SE6145 SATA non-RAID for for RHEL AS4 64 bit Driver Disk J) Flash AMI BIOS for P5M2P-E/4L K) Flash AMI BIOS for P5M2-E/4L L) Flash AMI BIOS for P5M2-E Please choose A To L: 6. Place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive, then select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create by typing the number before the option 7. Press . 8. Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk. ASUS P5M2(P)-E Series 6-

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ASUS P5M2(P)-E Series
6-1
6.1
RAID driver installation
After creating the RAID sets for your server system, you are now ready to
install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable
array. This part provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller
drivers during OS installation.
6.1.1
Creating a RAID driver disk
You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from
the system/motherboard support CD or from the Internet.
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
®
2000 or Red Hat
®
Enterprise ver. 3.0/SuSE operating system on a hard
disk drive that is included in a RAID set. You can create a RAID driver disk in
DOS (using the Makedisk application in the support CD).
To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment:
1.
Place the motherboard support CD in the optical drive.
2.
Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup.
3.
Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to boot from the
support CD. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup.
4.
Restart the computer.
5.
Press any key when prompted to boot from CD.
The Makedisk menu appears.
Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO!
Press any key to boot from CDROM...
6.
Place a blank, high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive, then
select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create by typing the
number before the option
7.
Press <Enter>.
8.
Follow screen instructions to create the driver disk.
A) FreeDOS command prompt
B) Make ICH7R Matrix Storage for Win32 bit driver disk
C) Make ICH7R Matrix Storage for Win64 bit driver disk
D) Make Intel ICH7R LSI MegaRAID for Windows 32/64 bit Driver Disk
E) Make Intel ICH7R LSI MegaRAID for RHEL 3 32/64 bit Driver Disk
F) Make Intel ICH7R LSI MegaRAID for RHEL 4 32/64 bit Driver Disk
G) Make Marvell 88SE6145 SATA non-RAID for Windows 32/64 bit driver disk
H) Make Marvell 88SE6145 SATA non-RAID for for RHEL AS4 32 bit Driver Disk
I) Make Marvell 88SE6145 SATA non-RAID for for RHEL AS4 64 bit Driver Disk
J) Flash AMI BIOS for P5M2P-E/4L
K) Flash AMI BIOS for P5M2-E/4L
L) Flash AMI BIOS for P5M2-E
Please choose A To L: