From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 20 11:21:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ABAD16A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:21:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dd2626.kasserver.com (dd2626.kasserver.com [81.209.184.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFB2943D39 for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:21:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from outi@bytephobia.de) Received: from duality.bytephobia.de (pD95F09AA.dip.t-dialin.net [217.95.9.170]) by dd2626.kasserver.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 84B1F46C39; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:21:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:24:29 +0200 From: Patrick Hurrelmann To: "Vinod Kashyap" Message-Id: <20040620132429.5c9847b9@duality.bytephobia.de> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: private X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.11claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems installing Fre*BSD with 3ware 9500S-4LP X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: outi@bytephobia.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:21:39 -0000 On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 02:50:36 -0700 "Vinod Kashyap" wrote: > > Looks like you cannot reboot after an install since the > driver is not part of the OS you just finished installing. > > This is what you can do: > > 1. While installing the OS, load the driver from a floppy > (sysinstall->Configure->KLDLoad). You are probably already > doing this. > 2. After installation, during reboot, escape to the loader > prompt, and again with a floppy with the driver inserted, > load the driver by doing 'load disk0:twa.ko'. > 3. Do a 'boot' and you should be able to boot. > 4. Once you have successfully rebooted, either build the kernel > with the driver sources, or simply copy the driver binary (twa.ko) > to /boot/kernel, and add the following line > to /boot/loader.conf: > twa_load="YES" > This should make the driver load automatically during every reboot. > > Also, sorry about the mistype 'FreeBSD 5.1' on the 3ware > website. It should indeed be 'FreeBSD 5.2'. It's in the > process of being corrected. > > Please contact 3ware support with any questions you might have. > They should be able to assist you. > The problem is that i can't escape to the loader prompt as it halts before. The process described is the same as in 3ware's handbook. I even tried to copy twa.ko during install to /boot/kernel and edited my loader.conf with help of the emergency console running during install. Again it halts before the loader prompts... So i will contact 3ware support. Thanks for your help :D -- =========================================================================== Patrick Hurrelmann | "Programming today is a race between software Mannheim, Germany | engineers striving to build bigger and better | idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying outi at bytephobia.de | to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, www.bytephobia.de | the Universe is winning." - Rich Cook