ASUS K8V Deluxe motherboard user guide
5-33
5.6 Using Makedisk.exe
Important Notes
1. The Makedisk.exe utility enables you to create a floppy disk with the
RAID driver necessary when configuring RAID installations.
2. The Makedisk.exe utility for the Promise
®
SATA 378 driver is located in
“\Drivers\Promise\378ATA\Makedisk.exe” of the support CD. Use
this utility when the Operating Mode setting in the BIOS is [Onboard
IDE Operate Mode] (default).
3. The Makedisk.exe utility for the FastTrak 378 driver is located in
“\Drivers\Promise\378RAID\Makedisk.exe” of the support CD. Use
this utility when the Operating Mode setting in the BIOS is [RAID]
mode.
4. The Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA
®
RAID driver is located in
“\Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID\DriverDisk\Makedisk.exe” of the
support CD. Use this utility when configuring Serial ATA RAID 0 or
RAID 1.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
5. During the OS installation, press the “F6” key and insert the created
driver floppy disk to upload RAID driver.
A floppy disk with Promise
®
SATA 378, FastTrak 378 or VIA
®
RAID
driver is required when installing Windows
®
XP™/ 2000™ or NT™
operating systems. Make sure to create a RAID driver floppy disk using
Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA
®
or Promise
®
ATA/SATA RAID function
before installing your operating system.