Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 19:15:18 GMT From: Christopher Thielen <chris@luethy.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/79730: SLIM DRIVE COMBO fails with READ_BIG error on kernel startup Message-ID: <200504091915.j39JFIfS049324@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200504091920.j39JKM1E091734@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 79730 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: SLIM DRIVE COMBO fails with READ_BIG error on kernel startup >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Apr 09 19:20:22 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Christopher Thielen >Release: 5.2 >Organization: None >Environment: FreeBSD .ucdavis.edu. 5.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Jan 11 04:21:45 GMT 2004 root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Though I indicated I was running 5.2, the problem is with 5.3. I tested it with 5.4-rc1 in hopes it was fixed but it is not. Whenever I boot a FreeBSD version after 5.2, the kernel start up on the CD-ROM installer and on the installed OS (if I go ahead with the install) fails with acd0 errors that READ_BIG timed out. This is an eMachines M2350, with SLIM COMBO drive. The exact same machine works fine on 5.2, so I'm not sure what happened. If I boot into safe mode it works fine, but the CD-ROM drive is very slow -- things install at less than 100 kb/s as opposed to the 700 or 800 kb/s if not running in safe mode. >How-To-Repeat: Merely attempt to install or use FreeBSD 5.3 or 5.4-rc1. >Fix: Run in Safe Mode (though this is really undesirable). >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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