Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:07:32 +0300 From: "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> To: bmusil@aznetgate.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI identify retries exceeded Message-ID: <200308070807.h7787eh09699@lv.raad.tartu.ee> In-Reply-To: <3F3187FE.8BB9FE60@aznetgate.net>
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Hi! > I insert the 5.0 cd in the drive and have the machine set to boot from > the cd first... but as the process starts and everything is loading the > machine HALTS with the error: > > ata1-slave: ATAPI identify retries exceeded > ad0: READ command timeout TAG=0 SERV =0 -resetting > ata0: resetting devices.. > > EVERYTHING HALTS at this point and won't move forward. Instead of 5.0-RELEASE I'd recommend you to try 4.8-RELEASE or 5.1-RELEASE (in that order of preference). For more information: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/early-adopter.html -- Toomas Aas | toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/ * Be sure to use DEVICE=EXXON to screw up your environment.
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