NEC Express 320Lc-R - Manual (Page 50)

4-6 Windows Setup
Step 2: Prepare for ft series Setup
Before starting ft series setup, be sure to do the following. If these preparations are not done, setup
cannot be performed properly.
• Initialize hard disks
• Prepare NEC Express5800/ft series main unit
2-1: Initialize Hard Disks
To use used hard disks for ft server setup, initialize the following hard disks:
• Hard disk to be inserted into the Slot1 of the PCI module (for Group1)
• Hard disk to be inserted into the Slot1 of the PCI module (for Group2)
Initializing hard disk drives which had been mirrored by the RDR function:
Physically format hard disk drives.
Refer to sections from “System Configuration” to “SCSI BIOS~Fast!UTIL~” in the separate
volume of User’s Guide, and perform “Low-Level Format” by SCSI Disk Utility.
IMPORTANT: Physical formatting takes about 10 minutes for an 18GB-disk.
Initializing hard disk drives which had been mirrored by Disk Management:
Use the fdisk command to format hard disk drives.
1. Create a ROM-DOS startup disk.
For creating a ROM-DOS startup disk, see “NEC EXPRESSBUILDER” – “NEC
EXPRESSBUILDER Top Menu” – “Tools” – “ROM-DOS Startup FD” in the separate
volume of User’s Guide.
2. Insert only the hard disks to initialize into the slots.
IMPORTANT: When initializing a hard disk, insert it into the Slot1 of the PCI
module for Group1.
3. Insert the ROM-DOS startup disk into the floppy disk drive and start the machine.
4. When ROM-DOS starts and prompt “A:\” is displayed, run FDISK command.
5. When the message “Do you wish to enable large disk support? [Y]:” appears, press Y.
6. Press A and delete all partitions. (A: Delete all partitions)
7. When the message “Warning! All data on fixed hard disk 1 will be lost! Are you sure you
want to delete? [N]:” appears, press Y.
8. When the message “Press Esc to return to menu:” appears, press ESC.
9. Press S to save changes. (S: Save changes (and reboot))
10. When the message “Changes saved. Press any key to reboot” is displayed, press any key.