From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 10:12:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 376EB1065673 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:12:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kuku@kukulies.org) Received: from mta-1.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (mta-1.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.7.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB6BE8FC17 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:12:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kuku@kukulies.org) Received: from ironport-out-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.5.40]) by mta-1.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KA700JSTSAXWOF0@mta-1.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:42:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from relay-2.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (HELO relay.rwth-aachen.de) ([134.130.7.75]) by ironport-in-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:42:33 +0100 Received: from [134.61.4.163] (accms33.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.61.4.163]) by relay.rwth-aachen.de (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/1) with ESMTP id mAC9gVMD024045 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:42:32 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:42:31 +0100 From: Christoph Kukulies In-reply-to: <49106440.4010906@kukulies.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <491AA507.4050707@kukulies.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,589,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="90153127" References: <49106440.4010906@kukulies.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080925) Subject: Re: 7.1-BETA2 installation on ASUS P4S8X fails BIG MEDIUM ERROR X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:12:35 -0000 Christoph Kukulies schrieb: > Hi, > > don't know whether it's the CDROM drive (a Creative 52x mx) or the > motherboard (ASUS P4S8X) or what. > Anyway, I tried to install a recent version of FreeBSD (7.1-BETA2) and > the installation > hangs right in the boot process of the installation CD disc1. > > I see > > acd0: FAILURE - READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 > run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config > run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 120 seconds for > xpt_config > run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 180 seconds for > xpt_config > > and so on. Final remark: I changed the motherboard in the end but actually I suspect that the reason the install got hung was not the READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR (I got this error also with the new motherboard and the install got past this error and continued), the reason was, that I had an ASUS ST-200 SCSI card (NCR Symbios chipset?) sticking in the system that could have caused all the trouble. Either it was the fact that this card had trouble with FreeBSD anyway (I remember something in this vein) or the card was defective or it was a problem with card and motherboard. Anyway, the problem has resolved. Thanks a lot for the good advice, explanations, tips etc. -- Christoph