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5.7 Creating a RAID driver disk
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
®
XP/2000 operating system. You can create a RAID driver disk using
Makedisk.exe utility.
To create a RAID driver disk:
1. Insert the motherboard support CD into the CD-ROM drive and locate
the Makedisk.exe utility for your RAID controller.
a. The Makedisk.exe utility for the FastTrak 378 driver is located in
“\Drivers\Promise\378RAID\Makedisk.exe” of the motherboard
support CD.
b. The Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA RAID driver is located in
“\Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID\DriverDisk\Makedisk.exe” of the
motherboard support CD.
2. Insert a clean floppy disk into the floppy disk drive and execute
Makedisk.exe. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the
process.
3. Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
To install the RAID driver:
1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key
to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver.
2. Press <F6> then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy
disk drive.
3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.
For additional information on RAID installation and configuration, refer
to the Manuals menu of the support CD.