HighPoint RocketRAID 2224 - Manual (Page 50)

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Step 2 Install FreeBSD (continued)
Note: On some systems, when ACPI is enabled, FreeBSD may not function properly. Try disabling
ACPI in the motherboard’s BIOS settings, or type the command “set hint.acpi.0.disabled=”1””
under the boot prompt, in order to solve the problem.
7. Before exiting installation, an additional step must be taken to copy the RR2224 driver module to the
system. On the driver diskette, there is a setup script labeled "postinstall", which will complete this
task. Before rebooting the system, press Alt-F4 to enter the command shell, and type the following
commands:
# mount –o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt
# sh /mnt/postinstall
# umount /mnt
Then, press Alt-F1 to return to the setup screen, and choose [X Exit Install] to finish setup.
2 - Installing RR2224 Driver on an Existing System
If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the RR2224
Controller, follow the steps outlined below:
Step 1 Copy the Driver Module
If you have made FreeBSD drivers into a diskette, you can insert the driver diskette to floppy drive, then
using the following commands to copy the driver module:
For FreeBSD 4.x:
# mount –o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt
# cp /mnt/hptmv6-xxx.ko /modules/hptmv6.ko
# umount /mnt
For FreeBSD 5.x:
# mount –o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt
# cp /mnt/hptmv6-xxx.ko /boot/kernel/hptmv6.ko
# umount /mnt
Alternately, it is possible extract the files from the .img files directly, without using a floppy diskette:
For FreeBSD 4.x:
# vnconfig vn0c freebsd_xxx.img
# mount /dev/vn0c /mnt
# cp /mnt/hptmv6-xxx.ko /modules/hptmv6.ko
# vnconfig –du vn0c myfilesystem mount=/mnt
For FreeBSD 5.x:
# mdconfig –a –t vnode –f freebsd_5.x.img –u 0
# mount /dev/md0 /mnt
# cp /mnt/hptmv-xxx.ko /boot/kernel/hptmv6.ko
# umount /mnt
# mdconfig –d –u md0
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