Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Pro - Configuring a Bootable RAID Array with Microsoft Windows 2000

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Integrated Peripherals
On-Chip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]
On-Chip IDE Channel1 [Enabled]
IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled]
On-Chip MAC Lan [Auto]
On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM [Disabled]
IDE/SATA RAID function [Enabled]
IDE Primary Master RAID [Disabled]
IDE Primary Slave RAID [Disabled]
IDE Secndry Master RAID [Disabled]
IDE Secndry Slave RAID [Disabled]
Serial-ATA 1 [Enabled]
SATA 1 Primary RAID [Enabled]
SATA 1 Secondary RAID [Enabled]
Serial-ATA 2 [Enabled]
SATA 2 Primary RAID [Enabled]
SATA 2 Secondary RAID [Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled]
On-Chip USB [V1.1+V2.0]
USB Memory Type [SHADOW]
Item Help
Menu Level}
higf: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F7: Optimized Defaults
(6) Configuring a bootable RAID array with Microsoft Windows 2000
Problem: Users cannot install Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (or previous versions) to a bootable
RAID volume.
There are two solutions to resolve this issue.
Solutions 1:
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:
Step 1:
Install Windows 2000 onto a selected hard drive. Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
from Microsoft's website.
Step 2:
After system restarts, press Del to enter system BIOS Setup during POST (Power-On Self Test). Under
the Integrated Peripherals menu (Figure 20) assure the SATA port connecting the SATA hard disk (the
one containing the Windows 2000) is Enabled (Figure 20). Save settings and exit the BIOS setup.
Figure 20 (This BIOS setup screen is captured from GA-K8N Ultra-SLI, BIOS ver. F2a)