Creating A Freebsd Driver Diskette - 3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Manual

Driver Installation
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Driver source files
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FreeBSD 5.x:
• FreeBSD 6.x:
•
FreeBSD 7.x:
• You can download the latest compiled and tested driver
3ware web site.
modules and driver source files for FreeBSD from the 3ware web site at
http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp.

Creating A FreeBSD Driver Diskette

You will need a driver diskette if you are going to be installing FreeBSD on a
unit or drive managed by a 3ware RAID controller card which will become
the boot unit and for which your version of FreeBSD does not have a built-in
driver.
To create a driver diskette
1 Insert a blank floppy diskette and the 3ware software CD-ROM into a
FreeBSD installed system.
2 Create a mount point for the floppy.
mkdir /floppy
3 Format the floppy.
newfs /dev/fd0
4 Mount the floppy drive.
mount -t ufs /dev/fd0 /floppy
5 Mount the 3ware software CD-ROM.
mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom
ROM drive).
6 Copy the appropriate module from the 3ware CD-ROM to the floppy. For
example:
cp /cdrom/packages/drivers/freebsd/6.3/x86_64/twa.ko /floppy
3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1
for FreeBSD 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x, located at:
packages/drivers/freebsd/src/5.x
packages/drivers/freebsd/src/6.x
packages/drivers/freebsd/src/7.x
(assuming fd0 is the floppy disk drive)
(assuming acd0 is the CD-