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1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 2522 Con-

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If you would like to install FreeBSD onto arrays attached to the RocketRAID host

adapter, please follow the steps below.

Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette

When installing FreeBSD to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID host adapter,

you must prepare a driver diskette before starting the installation procedure.

First, obtain the driver diskette image file from the driver package.

In a DOS or Windows system, create the boot diskette using the rawrite.exe utility.

This utility can be found on the FreeBSD CD (under \tools). Run it under a DOS-

Prompt window and follow it’s prompt.

On a FreeBSD system, use the “dd” command to make the driver diskette. For

example, Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command (if

you are installing FreeBSD 5.x versions):

# dd if=freebsd_5.x.img of=/dev/fd0

Step 2 Install FreeBSD

1.

Start the FreeBSD installation procedure by booting from installation CD.

2.

If you are installing FreeBSD 5.0 or earlier versions, skip this step. When the

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

3.

When the “Hit [enter] to boot immediately or any other key for command

prompt” screen appears,

press the SPACE key to stop the 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 Driver Support

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