Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:41:29 +0000 From: David Larkin <David.Larkin@djl.co.uk> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, dirkx@webweaving.org Subject: Re: CD installation problem Message-ID: <3E3A9928.2AF88190@djl.co.uk> References: <3E390078.22787FA1@djl.co.uk> <15929.16587.323642.153154@guru.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote: > In <3E390078.22787FA1@djl.co.uk>, David Larkin <David.Larkin@djl.co.uk> typed: > > I was wondering if any subscibers to this list recognise the > > following problem. > > > > I just purchased 2 identical machines and I am looking to install 4.7 > > from CD. > [...] > > It then formats the hard disk ok, but reports > > > > acd0: TEST_UNIT_READY command timeout - resetting > > ata1: resetting devices .. done > > ( The message repeats itself many times.) > > > > finally it gives up and gives error message > > > > Error mounting /dev/acd0c on dist Input/Output Error(5) > > > > Any ideas why it should boot from CD, but not then recognise it ? > > I'm taking a shot in the dark, but is the CD on the secondary > controller as a slave, and there's no master on that controller? That > configuration causes problems for FreeBSD. I'm not sure it would cause > the timeouts you are seeing, but it does cause FreeBSD to fail to > recognize drives. > Wasn't that , but thanks for the tip ;-) Changed CDROM now all ok. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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