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If your operating system was installed before you configured your
RAID units, you may have overwritten your operating system.
Remember that creating or deleting a RAID unit overwrites any
existing data on the member drives. Reinstall your operating system.
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If you installed your operating system when you installed the 3ware
RAID controller, you may have made a mistake in installing the
operating system. Reinstall your operating system.
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There may be a compatibility problem between the motherboard
system BIOS and the 3ware BIOS. Check the 3ware website
(www.3ware.com) to see if your motherboard is compatible with the
3ware BIOS, and check with your motherboard manufacturer for
potential BIOS updates.
Q5: A unit shows up as unusable, similar to the following:
4 drive 64K RAID 5 missing drive(s)
Port 1 Maxtor 6B300S0 279.86 GB
Port 2 Maxtor 6B300S0 279.86 GB
The unit has some but not all of its members available. The unit will be
unusable. If this unit is your boot device, your system will not boot. You
must either find the missing disk and replace it to complete the unit, or
release the member disks by deleting the incomplete unit(s) listed in the
display. Remember that deleting a RAID unit overwrites any existing
data on the member drives.
Problems in 3DM
Q6: A 3ware RAID controller does not show in the list of
controllers.
You may not have the most recent driver for your controller.
To find out the driver number currently installed, see “Determining the
Current Version of Your 3ware Driver” on page 168
Current drivers are available for download on the 3ware website at
http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp
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