How to install RAID 0 hard drives?

I know about using the RAID 0 drivers on the floppy, but before that,
do I need to do the FDISK stuff to format each drive? I just want one
big drive ( or two big drives ). What do I do exactly? Install one,
run FDISK to partition it, remove it, install the other, run FDISK to
partion it, then reinstall the first, then begin the XP installation,
hitting F6 to install 3rd party drivers?

wrote in message
...
I know about using the RAID 0 drivers on the floppy, but before that,
do I need to do the FDISK stuff to format each drive? I just want one
big drive ( or two big drives ). What do I do exactly? Install one,
run FDISK to partition it, remove it, install the other, run FDISK to
partion it, then reinstall the first, then begin the XP installation,
hitting F6 to install 3rd party drivers?

No.

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:03:16 GMT, LeeB18509
wrote:


wrote in message
...
I know about using the RAID 0 drivers on the floppy, but before that,
do I need to do the FDISK stuff to format each drive? I just want one
big drive ( or two big drives ). What do I do exactly? Install one,
run FDISK to partition it, remove it, install the other, run FDISK to
partion it, then reinstall the first, then begin the XP installation,
hitting F6 to install 3rd party drivers?

No.

That has to be one of the most stupid responses I've ever seen, go back to
school you child.

To the OP: (Instructions are based on my own system, yours may be
different)

In order to setup a RAID, you need to run the RAID setup program which
requires you to press a key-combination in much the same way as the BIOS
does, this appears onscreen shortly after the POST. You should be able to
setup a 2 disk RAID-0 array in there.
Once this is done and saved, run XP install. Insert your driver disk at
the F6 prompt for 3rd party drivers, XP should then see the RAID array as
one big drive.

Hope this works, I am working in theory here since I havn't actually setup
a RAID on mine yet..... :P

Steve

--
Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm
not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein

Thanks. That first response wasn't worth the bandwidth it used.
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:30:46 -0000, Stephen Austin
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:03:16 GMT, LeeB18509
wrote:


wrote in message
...
I know about using the RAID 0 drivers on the floppy, but before that,
do I need to do the FDISK stuff to format each drive? I just want one
big drive ( or two big drives ). What do I do exactly? Install one,
run FDISK to partition it, remove it, install the other, run FDISK to
partion it, then reinstall the first, then begin the XP installation,
hitting F6 to install 3rd party drivers?

No.

That has to be one of the most stupid responses I've ever seen, go back to
school you child.

To the OP: (Instructions are based on my own system, yours may be
different)

In order to setup a RAID, you need to run the RAID setup program which
requires you to press a key-combination in much the same way as the BIOS
does, this appears onscreen shortly after the POST. You should be able to
setup a 2 disk RAID-0 array in there.
Once this is done and saved, run XP install. Insert your driver disk at
the F6 prompt for 3rd party drivers, XP should then see the RAID array as
one big drive.

Hope this works, I am working in theory here since I havn't actually setup
a RAID on mine yet..... :P

Steve

While your plan is not clear and there is no info as to the board or the
BIOS, so big picture info my help.
Assuming you want to put XP on the RAID array ...
After RAID or SCSI is selected in the BIOS you will have to set up the array
while you are still in the BIOS process.
The BIOS will ask for a ctrl-H or what ever to get into the set-up screen.
In a general RAID set-up you ask for RAID 0, a 32k stripe, select the drives
and specify one drive as the boot drive.
You also set the BIOS boot sequence to:1 floppy and 2. RAID ( or SCSI )and
3 CD.

You also copy the RAID drivers from the system CD to a floppy in
anticipation of XP asking for same.

You start the install process from the XP CD. Do the F6 RAID driver as
directed. At some point XP will complain that hard drive is not partitioned
and will volunteer to fix it for you.

It will ask some questions and install the drive, and then finish the OS
install.

This is only a sketch and we would need more specifics to supply more
detail.

JPS


wrote in message
...
I know about using the RAID 0 drivers on the floppy, but before that,
do I need to do the FDISK stuff to format each drive? I just want one
big drive ( or two big drives ). What do I do exactly? Install one,
run FDISK to partition it, remove it, install the other, run FDISK to
partion it, then reinstall the first, then begin the XP installation,
hitting F6 to install 3rd party drivers?

Thanks everybody!