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CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration Setting Up a Bootable NVIDIA RAID Array This section explains how to configure a bootable NVIDIA RAID array. Setup Used in This Section This section assumes the following setup: • Boot Disk An IDE CD-ROM is connected to the Primary IDE channel, and set to Master or Slave. Make sure to have a bootable Windows XP/Windows 20002 CD inserted into the CDROM so you can boot from it. • RAID Array Disks • RAID 0 Two hard disks connected to the secondary IDE channel, where one is set to Master and the other set to Slave. A fresh copy of Windows XP will be installed on the 2 striped hard disks. • RAID 1 Two hard disks connected to the secondary IDE channel, where one is set to Master and the other set to Slave. A fresh copy of Windows XP will be installed on the 2 mirrored hard disks. • RAID 0+1 Two hard disks connected to the secondary IDE channel, where one is set to Master and the other set to Slave Two SATA hard disks A fresh copy of Windows XP will be installed on the mirrored-striped hard disks. 2. For Windows 2000 bootable RAID installation, see the application note "Windows 2000 Limitation with Bootable RAID" on page 113. 22 NVIDIA RAID User's Guide - Version 2.0 A

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NVIDIA RAID User’s Guide
– Version 2.0 A
C
HAPTER
2
Setting Up Your RAID Configuration
Setting Up a Bootable NVIDIA RAID Array
This section explains how to configure a bootable NVIDIA RAID array.
Setup Used in This Section
This section assumes the following setup:
•
Boot Disk
An IDE CD-ROM is connected to the Primary IDE channel, and set to Master or Slave.
Make sure to have a bootable Windows XP/Windows 2000
2
CD inserted into the CD-
ROM so you can boot from it.
•
RAID Array Disks
•
RAID 0
Two hard disks connected to the secondary IDE channel, where one is set to Master
and the other set to Slave.
A fresh copy of Windows XP will be installed on the 2 striped hard disks.
•
RAID 1
Two hard disks connected to the secondary IDE channel, where one is set to Master
and the other set to Slave.
A fresh copy of Windows XP will be installed on the 2 mirrored hard disks.
•
RAID 0+1
Two hard disks connected to the secondary IDE channel, where one is set to Master
and the other set to Slave
Two SATA hard disks
A fresh copy of Windows XP will be installed on the mirrored-striped hard disks.
2. For Windows 2000 bootable RAID installation, see the application note
“Windows 2000 Limitation
with Bootable RAID” on page 113
.