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Ghosting a RAID-5 Dell PowerEdge 2550

Hello, I have a Dell Poweredge 2550 server. It has 2 RAID containers. One is a RAID-5, the other is RAID-1.
I need to ghost from the RAID-5 container to the RAID-1 container. I am using a version of Ghost that requries me to boot into dos from either a diskette or CD.
What do I need to put in the Autoexec.bat and config.sys files so that I can "see" these containers?
Yes the RAID-1 container has more than enough room for the RAID-5 container copy.
I just don't know how to config the startup files(config.sys and autoexec.bat) to see the RAID continers.
Any help out there?
Thanks

warrenbuckles

Hello mrbodjagles:

You need to install an ASPI driver to run the array in DOS. I'm not sure which controller that machine uses - there are LSI Logic and Adaptec variants used in Dell servers. The ASPI layer drivers are pretty well standardized and, depending on the controller features, can be gotten from a number of different sources.

I would build a set of DOS boot disks (or use UBCD, below) with ASPI drivers on them - you can get the drivers from Adaptec, LSI or, perhaps, Dell (see http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=DOS&osl=EN&catid=-1&impid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=PWE_PNT_P3C_2550&hidos=WNET&hidlang=en).

Another option would be to try the Ultimate Boot CD, which can be downloaded from: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

wb

mrbodjagles

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warren, I am having a difficult time with this process.
1. Would the aspi drivers be in both the autoexec.bat and config.sys files?
2. Which drivers would I use? Are they generic for a SCSI device?
3. I have yet to find a dos or windows SCSI Raid driver.
4. If I do find it how do I assign drive letters to each RAID container?

Thanks again.

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