1 raid driver installation, 1 creating a raid driver disk – Asus RS520-X5/PS8 User Manual

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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

You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from the

system/motherboard support DVD or from the Internet.

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows

®

or Linux

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

DVD).
To create a RAID driver disk in DOS environment
1. Place the motherboard support DVD in the optical drive.
2. Restart the computer, and then enter the BIOS Setup.
3. Select the optical drive as the first boot priority to boot from the support DVD.

Save your changes, and then exit the BIOS Setup.

4. Restart the computer. The Makedisk menu appears.

Create Driver Diskette Menu

INTEL 6321 MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER Driver

LSI 1068 B1 SAS Driver

Create the emergent BIOS Recovery diskette

Flash Phoenix BIOS

ESB2 ASF Firmware update

Write DMI

FreeDOS command prompt

5. Use the arrow keys to select the type of RAID driver disk you want to create

and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu.

INTEL 6321 MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER Driver

INTEL 6321 MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER DRIVER

Windows 32 bit (Also support AHCI)

Windows 64 bit (Also support AHCI)

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