From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 16 14:34:22 2011 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 7EFE6106564A for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 14:34:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F9448FC0C for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 14:34:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4GEYILO022486; Mon, 16 May 2011 08:34:18 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p4GEYIfx022483; Mon, 16 May 2011 08:34:18 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 08:34:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20110516100423.8ba79c7c.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: References: <20110516100423.8ba79c7c.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 16 May 2011 08:34:18 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Alexander Lardner , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: CD Boot to install hangs 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: Mon, 16 May 2011 14:34:22 -0000 On Mon, 16 May 2011, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2011 17:28:18 -0700, Alexander Lardner wrote: >> Hello, >> I am re-asking as it's rather urgent. >> I have burned a CD of PowerPC 8.2 to install on my old iMac G3. >> It boots, but it stops at the line that reads: >> >> acd0: DVDROM at ata0-slave UDMA33 >> >> What the heck does that mean, and why does it get stuck? > > This line is the kernel message identifying the optical > drive of your iMac, which is connected to the 1st ATA > controller as slave drive (and I assume the master drive > will be the hard disk, watch for "ad0" message). > >> More importantly, how do I fix it? > > I'm not sure, I sadly don't own iHardware. Maybe check > cables of optical drive? It could be the next step that is a problem, whatever comes after the CD device detection on a G3. On i386, that includes launching other processors and USB device detection.