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Chapter 7: Driver installation

7.1

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.

7.1.1

Creating a RAID driver disk (for PA4 Model)

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

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Server or

Red Hat

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Enterprise / 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).
Boot from CD-ROM (DOS)
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. Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create

and press to enter the sub-menu.

Create Driver Diskette Menu

ICH7R INTEL RAID Driver

ICH7R LSI RAID Driver

Write DMI

Broadcom ASF Firmware Update

FreeDOS command prompt