Driver Installation Under Freebsd; Obtaining 3Ware Freebsd Drivers - 3Ware 9550SXU-16ML User Manual

Chapter 4. Driver Installation

Driver Installation Under FreeBSD

A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to
be your system's boot device. Or, you can use another device as your boot
device, such as a disk attached to the motherboard.

Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers

The 3ware software CD-ROM that came with the 3ware RAID controller
includes compiled and tested drivers for FreeBSD 5.4 only. To see if a more
recent driver is available, please see the 3ware web site at
http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp.
Materials Required
3ware driver
The driver and the corresponding source files can be found on the 3ware
CD-ROM, at
/packages/drivers/freebsd/5.4/x86
or
/packages/drivers/freebsd/5.4/x86_64
depending on whether you have the 32-bit or 64-bit version of FreeBSD
5.4 (respectively).
The FreeBSD source is available at
/packages/drivers/freebsd/src/5.x
You can also download the FreeBSD driver from the 3ware web site
(http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp).
FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette
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Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have already
installed your 3ware RAID controller in the system. Consult the
3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller Quick Install Guide for
how to do this. You can download the 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA
RAID Controller Quick Install Guide from:
support/userdocs.asp
3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
http://www.3ware.com/
.