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Date:      Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:58:19 +0200
From:      Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
To:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ibook G3 Clamshell : FreeBSD 8.2 installation hangs
Message-ID:  <20110811005819.98f86874.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
In-Reply-To: <1B898BAF-5BDA-486E-BA61-31C3736E2284@gmail.com>
References:  <1B898BAF-5BDA-486E-BA61-31C3736E2284@gmail.com>

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On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:54:52 +0200
Charles S=E9journ=E9 <charles.s0982@gmail.com> wrote:

> But, the installation hangs at another moment :
> Code:
> acd0: CDROM <MATSHITA CR-176/6AA1> at ata1-master WDMA2
> Google didn't find anything, and I don't know how to resolve that. I thou=
ght the cause might be the cd player, which may be dead, but I'm not sure a=
t all.

You can try to turn off DMA for the ATAPI device (CDROM) from the boot load=
er:
set hw.ata.atapi_dma=3D0
It helped me on a G5.

HTH
--=20
Torfinn




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