RAID Installation Guide
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Installation of RAID 4 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.2 Create Disk Array 8 2.3.3 Delete Disk Array 13 2.3.4 Select Boot Array 14 3. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 3 2. Guide to RAID Configurations 4 2.1 Introduction of Windows 2000 / Windows XP 15 1
Installation of RAID 4 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 7 2.3.2 Create Disk Array 8 2.3.3 Delete Disk Array 13 2.3.4 Select Boot Array 14 3. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 1.2 Making An SATA Driver Diskette 3 2. Guide to RAID Configurations 4 2.1 Introduction of Windows 2000 / Windows XP 15 1
RAID Installation Guide
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STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press . Start to set the RAID configuration by using "VIA RAID Tool" in the folder at the beginning of system boot-up, press key... Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on your system, or you may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy drive. WARNING! You may start to use "VT8237...
STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press . Start to set the RAID configuration by using "VIA RAID Tool" in the folder at the beginning of system boot-up, press key... Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on your system, or you may also set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy drive. WARNING! You may start to use "VT8237...
RAID Installation Guide
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Installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP For the installation of the screen, "Press F6 if you will ap p ea r. 15 At the very beginning, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...." Then remove the floppy diskette, and reboot the system. At this moment, please press key and the following information will see the message at the bottom of Windows 2000 or Windows XP, please insert Windows 2000 or Windows XP CD into the optical drive. 3.
Installation of Windows 2000 / Windows XP For the installation of the screen, "Press F6 if you will ap p ea r. 15 At the very beginning, you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...." Then remove the floppy diskette, and reboot the system. At this moment, please press key and the following information will see the message at the bottom of Windows 2000 or Windows XP, please insert Windows 2000 or Windows XP CD into the optical drive. 3.
User Manual
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... guide in the folder at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS You may start to use "VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into your optical drive to boot your system, or you want... a diskette into the floppy drive, and press . 2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 4: Then you will start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. STEP 5: The system will see the ...
... guide in the folder at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS You may start to use "VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD configuration before you start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into your optical drive to boot your system, or you want... a diskette into the floppy drive, and press . 2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 4: Then you will start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into the floppy diskette. STEP 5: The system will see the ...
Quick Installation Guide
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B. Please select CDROM as well. 16 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard English Before you start to configure the RAID function, you want to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. If you need to check the installation ...which is located in the Support CD for proper configuration. C. WARNING! After making a SATA driver diskette and using "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration. 2.8 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP With RAID Functions If you can start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. D. ...
B. Please select CDROM as well. 16 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard English Before you start to configure the RAID function, you want to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the below steps. If you need to check the installation ...which is located in the Support CD for proper configuration. C. WARNING! After making a SATA driver diskette and using "SATA RAID BIOS" to set RAID configuration. 2.8 Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP With RAID Functions If you can start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on your system. D. ...
Quick Installation Guide
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..., please follow the below steps. STEP 1: Install Windows 98 / ME OS on your system. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. After setting up RAID functions, there is no need to make a SATA driver diskette. 17 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard English If you don't want to set up BIOS, you can start to [non...
..., please follow the below steps. STEP 1: Install Windows 98 / ME OS on your system. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. After setting up RAID functions, there is no need to make a SATA driver diskette. 17 ASRock P4V88/P4V88+ Motherboard English If you don't want to set up BIOS, you can start to [non...
User Manual
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...STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your SATA HDDs, you will start to configure the RAID function, you need to make an SATA driver diskette before you start to use "VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS" to set the RAID configuration by using "VIA RAID Tool" in it! ...guide in the folder at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS You may start the OS installation. 2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . WARNING! Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to format and copy files [YN...
...STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your SATA HDDs, you will start to configure the RAID function, you need to make an SATA driver diskette before you start to use "VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS" to set the RAID configuration by using "VIA RAID Tool" in it! ...guide in the folder at the following path: .. \ SATA RAID BIOS You may start the OS installation. 2.9 Making An SATA Driver Diskette If you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . WARNING! Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to format and copy files [YN...