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Step 4 install freebsd – HighPoint RocketRAID 2644X4 User Manual

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FreeBSD Driver Support

you are installing FreeBSD 7.0 versions:

# dd if=freebsd_7.0.img of=/dev/fd0

Step 4 Install FreeBSD

1. Start installing the FreeBSD by booting from installation CD.

2. If you are installing FreeBSD 5.0 or earlier versions, skip this step. When “Wel-

come to FreeBSD” screen appears, select “6”.

3. When “Hit [enter] to boot immediately or any other key for command prompt

screen appears, press SPACE key to stop loader from autobooting.

BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01

Console: internal video/keyboard

BIOS driver A: is disk0

BIOS driver B: is disk1

BIOS driver C: is disk2

BIOS 636kB/74512kB available memory

FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8

(mailto:[email protected], Sat Apr 21 08:46:

19 GMT 2001)

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Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other

key for command prompt.

Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds¡-

<-press SPACE key

A prompted label “ok” will appear at the bottom of the screen.

4. Insert RR2644 driver diskette into floppy drive now. Type in

load diskx:rr2644-x.x” (without quotation mark) and then press enter.

for FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE

ok load kernel

ok load disk1:rr2644-4.3.ko

for FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE

ok load kernel

ok load disk1:rr2644-4.4.ko

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