From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 01:14:28 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 B35451065675 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 01:14:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A8028FC17 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 01:14:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.51]) by QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id bCwg1a00216LCl057DDyK6; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:13:58 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id bDES1a0092P6wsM3SDESZQ; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:14:27 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Qww_42MyOAgA:10 a=QrKowp_NS8wA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=dEtWVTSfZ4hqJVhRqVsA:9 a=_E--43VMvPNvFps0DuUA:7 a=zflNK8BXtvdjf3eeoYZ3p6f1q6QA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DF1E5C9419; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:14:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:14:25 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Al Plant Message-ID: <20081105011425.GA62321@icarus.home.lan> References: <49106440.4010906@kukulies.org> <1225813899.2734.1.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> <491090CE.1090900@hdk5.net> <20081104182931.GA54773@icarus.home.lan> <4910D0D3.4020402@hdk5.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4910D0D3.4020402@hdk5.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Julien Cigar , Christoph Kukulies , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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, 05 Nov 2008 01:14:28 -0000 On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 12:46:43PM -1000, Al Plant wrote: > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 08:13:34AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: >>> Julien Cigar wrote: >>>> I've this problem too on almost all my machines. The only solution I've >>>> found is to disable DMA (atapi_dma), but then performances are very poor >>>> (and I'm still unable to burn a CD/DVD) >>>> >>>> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:03 +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> Any clues? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Christoph Kukulies >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> ############ >>> >>> Aloha, >>> >>> I have had similiar happen on 7 and 8 Freebsd installs recently. >>> >>> If you install using safe mode it will work. Then in /boot/loader.conf >>> >>> #boot/loader.conf >>> hw.ata.ata-dma=0 >>> hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 >> >> There is no hw.ata.ata-dma tunable. I think you mean hw.ata.ata_dma >> (note: underscore, not hyphen). If you really are using hw.ata.ata-dma, >> it does nothing. :-) >> >> Also folks, please remember that "ATA DMA" is for hard disks, and >> "ATAPI DMA" is for ATAPI devices (CD/DVD drives). >> >> Error messages from xpt_* functions are from by the ATAPI-to-CAM >> emulation layer (think: SCSI emulation for ATAPI devices), but are >> likely signs of underlying compatibility problems between the CD/DVD >> drive and FreeBSD, and not the fault of atapicam(4). >> >> I'm not sure if there's a loader hint to disable xpt. >> >>> The error that comes up when you burn a CD seems to be bogus as I >>> have used the CD's with out error for installing on other boxes. >> >> The "READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR" often indicates that the CD/DVD drive does >> not support a specific read operation mode; some CD/DVD manufacturers >> don't implement this command for various reasons. >> > Aloha Jeremy, > > Thanks for catching the - vs _ . > > I hear you, but I have to do the hw settings like above or the servers > wont boot they stick at a db> > or mountroot> Those are two very different things. A db> prompt indicates you're hitting a kernel panic, while a mountroot> prompt indicates the OS can't find your root filesystem. > I think the 7 and 8 series OS are looking for SATA and dont like the IDE > drives I use. I understand, but what I'm saying is that "hw.ata.ata-dma=0" (note the hyphen) is not fixing/solving anything, because it contains a typo. > I know the atapi setting is for CD's and These are brand new DVD/CD RW > burners fwiw. > > A month or so back there were several people on line complaining about > this. > > Maybe one of the FreeBSD comitters will have a look and see if > something is wrong. The "I get dropped to a mountroot prompt" problem has been reported many times, and so far there haven't been any indications what causes it to happen for people. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |