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Re: RAID configuraion
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Tony Mayer <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 5 Oct 2007 07:41:41 -0700
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Robert -

You only need two drives...but when you activate the RAID, you will not 
"see" 2 drives.  They will appear as 1.  You then need to install the OS 
on that single drive (make sure you have the driver disk for RAID that 
comes with your motherboard...you might even need it to be on a floppy...)


Tony Mayer



Robert Pettigrew wrote:
> I built a computer with a MSI mobo (K9n4 500 SLI) 2 Seagate HD 250 GB, 2GB Muskin memory, AMD 6000+ cpu.Do I need 3 hard drives to make raid work,1 for OS and 2 for raid? I have the two drives working fine as 2 drives,but system won't boot up when i activate raid. I thought I followed the instructions that came with the mobo and I had friend come over to try his luck. ANY help would be apprieciated
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