Solved Install with an Adaptec 6405 RAID card

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Hi all,

I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.2 on a server with an Adaptec 6405 RAID Controller. This controller is not natively supported by FreeBSD but an driver is provided on a CD. I tried to include the driver on the install CD by copying the aacu64.ko and aacu.ko files to the /boot/kernel/ folder. I also modified the /boot/loader.conf file by adding the following line:
Code: 
ataadaptec_load="YES"
Unfortunately, it doesn't work. Indeed, sysinstall cannot find my RAID disks (a "No disks
found !" error). So, could you tell me, dear community, what I missed and how could I solve this problem?
Thanks in advance.
 
[Solved]Install with an Adaptec 6405 RAID card

Some people advise me to use mfsbsd in order to include external drivers. Is there any tutorial or a howto about it ?

The problem is solved :
Thank you Tingo,
Copy the driver on an usb stick (here aacu64.ko)
on the boot menu of the Install CD, press on 6 to have a shell then
[CMD=">"]load kernel[/CMD]
[CMD=">"]load disk0:aacu64.ko[/CMD]
And at least [CMD=">"]boot[/CMD]
 
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