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CHAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration b Select "NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)" and then press Enter. c Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter. d Select "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required)" and then press Enter. The following Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers:. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device: NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufaturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Devices ENTER=Continue Figure 2.22 Windows Setup-NVIDIA drivers listed F3=Exit 4 Press Enter to continue with Windows XP Installation. Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed, then take out the floppy. 5 Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP. After Windows XP is completely installed, it is recommended that you install the ForceWare software in order to access NVRAIDMAN-the RAID management tool. Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed. 32 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
b
Select “NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required)” and then press
Enter
.
c
Press
S
again at the Specify Devices screen, then press
Enter.
d
Select “NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller (required)” and then press
Enter.
The following Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers:.
Figure 2.22
Windows Setup—NVIDIA drivers listed
4
Press
Enter
to continue with Windows XP Installation.
Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen
portion of Windows XP installation is completed, then take out the floppy.
5
Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP.
After Windows XP is completely installed, it is recommended that you install the
ForceWare software in order to access NVRAIDMAN—the RAID management tool.
Note:
Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to
be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not
have to be installed.
Windows Setup
Setup will load support for the following mass storage device:
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special
disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for
which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device
manufacturer, press S.
* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage
device manufaturer, or do not want to specify additional
mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.
S=Specify Additional Devices
ENTER=Continue
F3=Exit
NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER
NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller