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Appendix

Step 5:
Enter the array capacity and press <Enter>. Finally press <Enter> on the Create Volume item to begin creat-
ing the RAID array. When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume, press <Y> to confirm or <N> to
cancel (Figure 6).

When completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMA-
TION section, including the RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc. (Figure 7) 

To exit the RAID BIOS utility, press <Esc> or select 5. Exit in MAIN MENU.

Now, you can proceed to create the SATA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and install the SATA RAID/AHCI 
driver and operating system.

Figure 6

Figure 7

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Press ENTER to create the specified volume.

[hi]-Change 

[TAB]-Next 

[ESC]-Previous Menu 

[ENTER]-Select

[ HELP ]

Name :  Volume0

RAID Level :  RAID0(Stripe)

Disks : 

Select Disks

Strip Size :  128 MB

Capacity :  111.7 GB

Sync :  N/A

  Create Volume

[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

WARNING : ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.

Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N) :

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3.  Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4.  Recovery Volume Options

RAID Volumes :

ID  

Name  

Level 

Strip 

Size 

Status 

Bootable

0   

Volume0   

RAID0(Stripe) 

128KB 

223.6GB 

Normal

Yes

Physical Devices :

Port 

Device Model 

Serial # 

Size 

Type/Status(Vol ID)

0   

ST3120026AS   

3JT354CP 

111.7GB

Member Disk(0)

1   

ST3120026AS   

3JT329JX 

111.7GB

Member Disk(0)

[hi]-Select  

[ESC]-Exit 

[ENTER]-Select Menu

[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]

[ MAIN MENU ]

1.  Create RAID Volume

2.  Delete RAID Volume

5.  Exit