HighPoint RocketRAID 2644X4 - Manual (Page 74)

FreeBSD Driver Support
for FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE
ok load disk0:rr2644-6.3.ko
for FreeBSD 6.3-AMD64-RELEASE
ok load disk0:rr2644-6.3-amd64.ko
for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
ok load disk0:rr2644-7.0.ko
for FreeBSD 7.0-AMD64-RELEASE
ok load disk0:rr2644-7.0-amd64.ko
5. After the driver has been loaded, remove the floppy diskette from the floppy
drive.
6. Type in “boot” and continue the installation as normal. You can refer to FreeBSD
installation guide.
ok boot
Note: On some systems with ACPI enabled, FreeBSD may not work. You can try to
disable ACPI in system BIOS or type the command “set hint.acpi.0.disabled=”1””
under boot prompt to solve the problem.
7. Before exit install, an additional step must be taken to copy RR2644 driver module
to system. On the driver disk, there is a setup script “postinstall” which will do
this work for you. Before you reboot the system, press Alt-F4 to the command
shell and type the following commands:
For common ISA floppy controller:
# mount –o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt
For USB floppy controller, we assume it is da0
# mount –o ro /dev/da0 /mnt
Then run script to do postinstall
# sh /mnt/postinstall
# umount /mnt
Then press Alt-F1 to return to the setup screen and choose [X Exit Install] to finish.
Note: On some systems the floppy may be inaccessible during installation. In this
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