How do I configure Mirroring and Raid?

[Ayman Altounji]

I have two 9.1GB drives and want to mirror them. I have run through SmartStart several times and can never get it to help me set up "hardware" mirroring. I have pressed F10 at the start and found where to configure the array, but it asks for a disk. I have created the disk and when I put it in, it asks me to reboot from the disk. However, the disk is not bootable. So... I installed the support Paq and it couldn't install the array config utility (ACU) for some reason. I also downloaded the newest version of the ACU and ran it in Win 2K (which is the OS I installed), but it says it doesn't need to be installed and only gives me the option to close. Here's what I'd like to do:

I want to configure the two 9.1 GB drives as "hardware" mirrored. I will later add some 18GB drives to create a RAID-5 system. The OS I am installing is Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Can someone please tell me how to accomplish the mirroring portion?

Thank you.

[Ayman Altounji]

don't hit f10 for quick config at start, let smart start carry on.
You will have to trash the OS if one exists.
Um....you do have an array controller don't you??????

[Ayman Altounji]

It took me a while, but I finally found out that my server had only the default SCSI controller. It does not have a RAID controller in it. According to my call in to Compaq, if I had the RAID controller, SmartStart would have taken me through the steps to configure it. Thanks for your input.