Althought FreeNAS is based on FreeBSD, the method of installation of drivers are different.
You need to follow the following steps (Assuming you have installed FreeNAS in a bootable USB disk) :
- Download the drivers for FreeBSD for your respective HBA at the Adaptec website.
- Determine the version of the FreeBSD that is used for your FreeNAS installation.
FreeNAS 9.10 is now FreeBSD 10.3-RC3
- Save a copy of the FreeBSD .ko driver file from the relevant version and x86 or x64 into a USB drive formatted with FAT.
- Insert the USB into the FreeNAS and discover the device ID :
# dmesg
- You can use the device ID (assuming da1s1) discovered to mount your USB by first making a folder :
# mkdir /mnt/usb
# mount -t msdosfs /dev/da1s1 /mnt/usb - Copy and rename the .ko file to the /boot/kernel folder
# cp /mnt/usb/pmspcv64.ko /boot/kernel/pmspcv.ko - Edit the /boot/device.hints file with your favourite editor (eg. vi) and include the following line at the end :
hint.ahd.0.at="pmspcv" - Login to FreeNAS and go to System>Tunables and Add pmspcv_load = “YES” as a Loader type.
- Reboot and you should be able to detect all the drives attached to your HBA!