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Step:

In BIOS Setup, go to BIOSFeatures and set OSType to Windows 8 Features and CSM Support to Never.

Save the changes and exit BIOS Setup.

Running the UEFI RAID Utility

Restart your computer and press <F12> to enter the boot device conguration menu. Use the up or down arrow

key to select your USB ash drive which is prexed with "UEFI:" string. Then press <Enter> to access the screen.

To run the UEFI RAID utility, enter the following commands.

You can enter the commands at Shell or fsx: level (x represents the disk number for your USB ash drive).

Checking Disk Information

To see the hard drive information, enter the following commands and press <Enter>. You will see CONTROLLER

LIST and DISK LIST displayed on the screen.

rcadm -M -qa

Creating a RAID Array

To create a RAID array, refer to the following examples to enter the commands and press <Enter>. When

succeeded, the message which says "created sucessfully" will appear.

Example1:CreateaRAID0arraywithDrive0andDrive1andthearraysizeis40GB.

rcadm -C -r0 -d 0 1 -s 40000

("C"=Create a array, "r0"=RAID 0, d 0 1=Drive 0 and Drive 1, "s 40000"=Size of 40 GB; to use the maximum

size allowed, do not enter "s x0000")

Example2:CreateaRAID5arraywithDrive1~4andthearraysizeis75GB.

rcadm -C -r5 -d 1 2 3 4 -s 75000

("C"=Create a array, "r5"=RAID 5, d 1 2 3 4=Drive 1~4, "s 75000"=Size of 75 GB)

After you create the array, you can enter the "rcadm -M -qa" commands to see the array information. In addition

to the CONTROLLER LIST and DISK LIST information, you will see ARRAY LIST information displayed on the

screen, too.

Deleting an Array

To delete an array, enter the following commands and press <Enter>.

rcadm -D -a 1

("D"=Delete a array, "a 1"=Array 1, to delete all arrays, enter "a *")

When prompted to conrm, enter YES to delete or NO to cancel, and then press <Enter>.

To exit the UEFI RAID utility, enter "exit" and press <Enter>.

C-2.ConguringLegacyRAIDROM

Enter the legacy RAID BIOS setup utility to congure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed with the installation

of Windows operating system for a non-RAID conguration.

Steps:

After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. Press <Ctrl> + <R> to enter

the RAID BIOS setup utility.

Deleting an existing disk array could result in loss of data. Record all array information including the

array type, the disk members, and stripe block size in case you wish to undo a deletion.

Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-DS2 User Manual

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