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Chapter 5 NVIDIA RAID Introduction
Win2K Limitation with Bootable RAID
In Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or previous versions), the end user cannot
install this operating system to a bootable RAID volume.
Solution
There are two solutions to resolve this issue.
I) Use the NVRAID Tool (nForce Driver Version 5.xx) to convert the
boot volume to a RAID array. Here are the detailed step by step
instructions:
1. Install Windows 2000 on a selected hard drive.
2. Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 from Microsoft’s
website.
3. Reboot the system. Press the
<DEL>
key as the system is rebooting to
enter into the system BIOS.
4. Select
Integrated Peripherals
RAID Config
.
5. Enable RAID for the selected drive (the one containing the Windows 2000
operating system). Then press
<F10>
to exit and save settings in the system
BIOS. This action reboots the system.
6. Press
<F10>
as the system is rebooting to go into the RAID ROM. The
system directs you into the NVIDIA RAID Utility.
7. Select
Striping
under
RAID Mode.
Press
<Tab>
to go into the
Free Disk
menu
, then use the Right Arrow key to add the desired disk.
8. Press
<F7>
to finish. Select
<N>
(NO) when asked to
Clear Disk Data
.
9. Press
Ctrl-X
to exit. The system reboots into Windows 2000.
10. Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000. Then
reboot the system.
11. Go to
START>Programs>Nvidia Corporation
and select
NVRAID Manager
.
You should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created
from the boot disk.
12. Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it.
