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> results in multiple irrecoverable READ ERRORS on the CD?

not just 9.* but with some machines there are problems with CD/DVD drive

switch to loader prompt and type

set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0

worked with 8.*
> So, am I the only one on the planet who still installs FreeBSD the old-
> fashioned way, i.e. from an actual physical CD?  That's the only plausible

maybe. i don't use installer at all. i boot working FreeBSD system by any 
means (live CD, pendrive, NFS) and unpack my builds from tarballs.