HighPoint RocketRAID 1720 - Manual (Page 65)

FreeBSD Driver Support
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7. Before exiting installation, an additional step must be taken to copy the
RocketRAID 1720 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 the RocketRAID 1720 Driver on an Exist-
ing System
If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays
attached to the RocketRAID 1720 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/rr172x-xxx.ko /modules/rr172x.ko
# umount /mnt
For FreeBSD 5.x:
# mount –o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt
# cp /mnt/rr172x-xxx.ko /boot/kernel/rr172x.ko
# umount /mnt
Alternately, it is possible extract the files from the .img files directly, without using a
floppy diskette:
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