Installing With Freebsd; Installing With Vmware Esx 4.1 - Adaptec ASR-6805Q User Manual

2. Interrupt the autoboot, press the
3. Select
Apply driver updates
4. Insert the driver disk or other update media, then press
5. Complete the Solaris installation, following the instructions included with your operating system.

Installing with FreeBSD

Note: You will need your FreeBSD Installation CD to complete this task.
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing FreeBSD:
1. Insert the FreeBSD Installation CD.
2. Insert the USB driver disk.
3. Restart your computer. (Be sure to boot from the installation CD!)
4. When the FreeBSD start screen opens, select 2 for 'Escape to Loader Prompt'.
5. Type:
load kernel
6. Type this command to locate the USB drive:
7. Assuming the USB drive is
load disk2s1:aacu.ko
8. Type this command:
boot
9. Complete the FreeBSD installation, as usual. When finished, remove the installation CD, but not the
USB driver disk, then reboot.
Note: Be sure the system is configured to boot from the controller's bootable
array, not the USB drive!
10. To ensure that the driver is loaded automatically as a module at boot time, repeat Steps 4-7, then
complete the steps below.
11. Type this command to boot to the kernel:
12. Login as root, then type:
dmesg
13. Assuming the USB drive is
mount -t msdosfs /dev/da1s1 /mnt
14. Install the driver package:
pkg_add /mnt/aac9x-amd64.tgz
Note: The distribution also includes driver packages for FreeBSD 8.
15. Reboot the computer.

Installing with VMware ESX 4.1

Note: Use the following procedure to install the controller driver with VMware ESX
4.1.
Note: You will need your VMware Installation CD to complete this task. You must
have root privileges to create and install the driver image.
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing VMware ESX 4.1:
1. Insert the VMware Installation CD.
2. Restart your computer.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the VMware installation.
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key. The Device Configuration Assistant (DCA) Utility will open.
ESC
.
lsdev
, type this command:
disk2s1
boot
, type this command to mount the drive:
da1s1
.
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