Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:35:20 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: Robert Gray <robert.gray@boulderlabs.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0BETA4 cannot install. acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left) Message-ID: <200712091535.lB9FZKAj018694@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: <200712081911.lB8JBniD087279@easter.boulderlabs.com> References: <200712081911.lB8JBniD087279@easter.boulderlabs.com>
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Robert Gray wrote: > I've tried to install both > 7.0-BETA4-i386-bootonly.iso and > 7.0-BETA4-i386-disc1.iso > > on a Dell Optiplex 745, Model# DCTR with > > acd0: CDROM <TSSTcorp CD-ROM TS-L162C/DE05> at ata3-master UDMA33 > > The booting doesn't get past the acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying > error. > > 6.2 installs fine. > > Any ideas on what to try? Possibly Key 3 = Safe mode (before USA or country), which includes, ref my http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/#loader.conf the equivalent of loader command set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 Please let me know if anything on my page above helps you, please also let me know if you discover other magic Not on my page. (I'm fighting a heap of old laptops, persuading them to upgrade :-)) -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.
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