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Raid 5 Install on 2003 server

So heres the deal. I have an old compaq ML350 that has 4 9 gig scsi drives which I would like to raid 5. Then I have two 250gig sata's that I would like to mirror. I have never installed a raid 5 via harware raid. How do I go about doing this? The system it will be installing on is a 2003 server. The 4 9 giggers have a compaq scsi controller that can handle a raid 10 and the 2 sata's have their own raid controll that can handle up to a raid 1. So where do I tell the OS that it has a hardware configured Raid 5?

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So I need to get the drivers to the Raid controller and f6 it when installing windows set up the Raid 5 and then proceed to install windows? Problem being I have looked high and low and can't find the drivers for the scsi Raid controller that I have. I have checked out Compaq/HP's website and driverguide.com and no such luck. The server is one of the older compaq servers with 2 600 mhz p3 processors and normally came with the 9 gig scsi's. If anyone know where I can download the drivers to install that would be great.

Hypercat (Deb)

Not exactly. You have to create the RAID array first, before you even start to install the OS. Once the array is created, then you can install the OS. At that time, you'll need to use the F6 option and install the 3rd party drivers. Have you tried the HP/Compaq website to see if they have the drivers you need? If you go to www.hp.com and then select Software and Driver downloads from the main page, you'd be surprised what you might find. You might even be able to find some documentation there that will walk you through the steps to create your arrays.