Partitioning the array – Accusys ACS-7630 User Manual
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This chapter explains how to partition and format the array.
Partitioning the array
The array must be partitioned before it can be used. To do this:
1. Boot to DOS (with bootable floppy disk).
2. Type
fdisk
. Press Enter. The following screen will appear:
3. When
asked
Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N).........?
type Y. Press Enter.
4. The
FDISK options menu will appear. Select Change current fixed disk drive.
5. Each of your current fixed disk drives, including the ACS-7630 RAID controller, will be
listed. Select ACS-7630. You can identify ACS-7630:
From the order in which the drives are listed. This corresponds to the master (1) /
slave (2) configuration you set for the array and primary system hard drive
From the drive capacity. The capacity of a RAID0 array is calculated as (No. of
disks) × (capacity of smallest disk). The capacity of a RAID5 array is calculated as
(No. of disks – 1) × (capacity of smallest disk)