Installing The Kernel Driver Module While Installing Freebsd On A Unit Managed By A 3Ware Raid Controller - 3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Manual

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Installing the Kernel Driver Module while
Installing FreeBSD on a Unit Managed by a
3ware RAID Controller
Use this procedure if your boot unit is going to be managed by the 3ware
RAID controller.
It describes how to load the FreeBSD 6.3 or FreeBSD 7.0 kernel driver
module to enable boot device support and how to then compile the current
drivers into the kernel from source files.
Note:
This procedure is specific to FreeBSD 6.3 and FreeBSD 7.0 as it requires a
compiled module. For versions of FreeBSD for which a compiled module is not
supplied by 3ware it will be necessary to compile your own module from source
files. See "Compiling and Loading the Driver as a Module using kldload" on
page 200.
For a complete list of supported versions of FreeBSD and 3ware RAID controllers,
see http://www.3ware.com/support/OS-support.asp.
1 Disconnect all SCSI, ATA, and SAS devices in the system, except the CD
or DVD and the ones connected to the 3ware RAID controller.
2 Create the RAID units on the 3ware RAID controller using 3BM. For
details on how to create and order units, see "Creating a Unit through
3BM " and "Ordering Units in 3BM" on pages 91 and 95 in the 3ware
SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.
Copy the appropriate kernel driver module twa.ko from 3ware CD to a
3
floppy. See "Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers" on page 53 and
"Creating A FreeBSD Driver Diskette" on page 54 in this document for
details.
4 Remove the floppy and boot the system from the FreeBSD installation
CD.
Insert the floppy containing twa.ko module into floppy drive.
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6 At the FreeBSD boot menu, select 6 "Escape to loader prompt."
At the loader prompt, load twa.ko from the floppy drive by using
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load disk0:twa.ko
"
8 Remove the floppy and then boot by typing "
9 Install the FreeBSD OS, remove the FreeBSD installation CD, and reboot
again.
10 At the FreeBSD boot menu, select 6 "Escape to loader prompt."
Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
" (assuming disk0 is the floppy drive).
boot
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