HighPoint RocketRAID 1740 - Manual (Page 59)

FreeBSD Driver Support
7. Before exiting installation, an additional step must be taken to copy the
RocketRAID 174x 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 174x Driver on an Exist-
ing System
If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays
attached to the RocketRAID 174x 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/rr174x-xxx.ko /modules/rr174x.ko
# umount /mnt
For FreeBSD 5.x:
# mount –o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt
# cp /mnt/rr174x-xxx.ko /boot/kernel/rr174x.ko
# umount /mnt
Alternately, it is possible extract the files from the .img files directly, without using a
floppy diskette:
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