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CHAPTER 5 NVIDIA RAID Application Notes 13 Press F7 to finish. 14 Select N (NO) when asked to Clear Disk Data. 15 Press Ctrl-X to exit. The system reboots into Windows 2000. 16 Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000. 17 Reboot the system. 18 Go to START>Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID Manager. You should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from the boot disk. 19 Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it. 20 Select Convert Array under the System Tasks. The Convert Array wizard is displayed. 21 Select Next. 22 Select the desired type of RAID array you want to convert. 23 Select Next. You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk(s) to add to the bootable RAID array. 24 Click Finish. At this point, NVRAID starts converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk RAID array in a bootable format. Note: Conversion may take 1-2 hours depending on disk size. Create a Combination CD The user must create a combination installation CD that includes Windows 2000 and SP3 or SP4 fixes integrated in. To create the combination installation CD, refer to the following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/HFdeploy.htm Note: If the end user chooses not to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or 4, RAID is still supported on Windows 2000. However, the end user will not be able to create a bootable RAID volume. 114 NVIDIA RAID User's Guide - Version 2.0 A

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NVIDIA RAID User’s Guide
– Version 2.0 A
C
HAPTER
5
NVIDIA RAID Application Notes
13
Press
F7
to finish.
14
Select
N
(NO) when asked to Clear Disk Data.
15
Press
Ctrl-X
to exit.
The system reboots into Windows 2000.
16
Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000.
17
Reboot the system.
18
Go to
START
>
Programs
>
Nvidia Corporation
and select
NVRAID Manager
.
You should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from the
boot disk.
19
Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it.
20
Select Convert Array under the System Tasks.
The Convert Array wizard is displayed.
21
Select
Next
.
22
Select the desired type of RAID array you want to convert.
23
Select
Next
.
You are prompted to select the desired Free Disk(s) to add to the bootable RAID array.
24
Click
Finish
.
At this point, NVRAID starts converting the single disk RAID array into a multi-disk
RAID array in a bootable format.
Note:
Conversion may take 1–2 hours depending on disk size.
Create a Combination CD
The user must create a combination installation CD that includes Windows 2000 and SP3
or SP4 fixes integrated in. To create the combination installation CD, refer to the following
website:
Note:
If the end user chooses not to install Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or 4, RAID is still
supported on Windows 2000. However, the end user will not be able to create a
bootable RAID volume.