From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 6 02:34:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEC121065674 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2009 02:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carl@chave.us) Received: from mail-qy0-f128.google.com (mail-qy0-f128.google.com [209.85.221.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81D008FC0A for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2009 02:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carl@chave.us) Received: by qyk34 with SMTP id 34so94340qyk.3 for ; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:33:59 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.96.15 with SMTP id f15mr1146863qcn.91.1236305199795; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:06:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090305223839.GA76951@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20090305223839.GA76951@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 21:06:39 -0500 Message-ID: From: Carl Chave To: Jerry Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAILURE - READ_BIG X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:34:01 -0000 Have you tried re-burning with a different (higher quality) cd blank and see if that makes a difference? Alternatively you could get the network boot ISO and forgo using the CD altogether. Carl On 3/5/09, Jerry wrote: > > Hello, > > I don't if it is appropriate to post this here, but I am wondering > if any pr has been done on this. I tried to do some searching, but > only found some stuff in questions indicating a number of people > seeing the same thing, but only one person suggesting anything and > that didn't produce any different response. The error message > still came up. > > Several posters sseem to report hangs while reading the CD during > an install when the error appears. > > I burned a 7.1 i386 ISO and booted it to do an install, intending to > wipe previous stuff and do a clean install. During the boot, I get > > acd0 FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x05 > > The message is repeated a couple of lines later with different > numbers on the asc= and ascq= > > Someone suggested ignoring it. > > One responder suggested doing: > > 'enter the bootloader prompt (6) & type > > set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 > boot > > I have tried this, but gotten the same error messages. > > I am reluctant to wipe stuff and start trying to write new stuff if > things are going to fail in the middle even though I have backups. > I depend on this system for a lot of communication. > > Has this been reported - and I just haven't been effective on my search? > Is there some resolution or work around that works? > > Thank you for any help you can give, > > ////jerry > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >