Asus PCI-DA2200, User Manual

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Appendix A
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b) Choose "Configure RAID" from the menu and press
<Enter> to enter a proper display mode (either ANSI,
VT-100 or ANSI Color).
c) In the Main Menu, choose "View and Edit Configuration
Parameters", then "Caching Parameters".
d) A sub-menu contains "Write Back Cache
Enabled/Disabled" which refers to the Write Back mode
is Enabled or Disabled. Press <ENTER> on it and choose
"Yes" to change it.
e) After the cache mode has been changed, resetting the
computer is required for the new setting to take effect.
After the driver partitioning and operating system are
installed, use the same procedure to enable the
Write-Back cache – the high performance Write-Back
Caching will bring your system into a higher
performance level.
2. Connect CD-ROM drive to ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200, remove
or disable any other SCSI adapters from the system. (red hat 5.1
installation can only use one SCSI adapter during installation)
(The IDE CD-ROM drive can be a substitute for the SCSI CD-
ROM drive).
3. If using ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 BIOS v1.17B, do not leave
Red Hat CD disc in the CD-ROM drive during system reboot.
The BIOS 1.17B has CD-ROM boot ability, it detects the CD in the
CD-ROM drive, once it detects the CD disc is bootable, the
system will boot from CD-ROM not from floppy.
4. Insert "ASUS PCI-DA2100/-DA2200 Red Hat 5.1 Boot Disk" disk
2 into floppy, and power on the system.
5. Insert the Red Hat 5.1 CD disc into the CD-ROM drive after the
system boot up, follow the on-screen instruction to start the
installation of Linux.