HighPoint RocketRAID 1740 - Manual (Page 56)

FreeBSD Driver Support
1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 174x Con-
troller
If you would like to install FreeBSD onto arrays attached to the RocketRAID 174x
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 174x, you
must prepare a RocketRAID 174x 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
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