Nvidia 754 User Manual

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RAID Configuration

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Step 2: Create RAID Array

RAID arrays are created using the RAID controller’s BIOS Boot ROM utility.

NVIDIA nForce4 SLi / nForce4 4X

Power-on the system and wait for the RAID BIOS Setting utility message on
the screen. Press the ”F10” key to enter its BIOS configuration utility.

Refer to Appendix B-1 for details about creating RAID array using this utility.
After the RAID array is created, press “F10” to exit.

Step 3: Prepare driver floppy

When installing Windows XP/2000/NT4.0 into any RAID disk, the O/S setup will
require a floppy disk containing the RAID driver. This step will show you how to
prepare this driver floppy. There are 2 methods to prepare this floppy:

Method 1

1. Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive

2. Boot the system from the CD-ROM

3. A menu of driver for various RAID controllers will appear

4. Insert a blank floppy into the A:drive

5. Select the appropriate RAID controller to begin copy into the floppy

Method 2

1. Locate another computer and insert the bundled CD into its CD-ROM drive.

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