Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:51:14 +0200 (MEST) From: Michiel Boland <michiel@boland.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: READ_BIG timed out installing 5.4-BETA1 on Blade-100 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0503281447510.824@brakkenstein.nijmegen.internl.net> In-Reply-To: <20050326035221.GA3942@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0503250853060.1073@brakkenstein.nijmegen.internl.net> <20050326035221.GA3942@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, David O'Brien wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 09:04:35AM +0100, Michiel Boland wrote: >> Hi. I was trying to install 5.4-BETA1 on a Blade-100 off cdrom using a >> serial console. Unfortunately the install does not get past the initial >> kernel initialization. It hangs with the messages >> acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (2 retries left) >> acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG timed out >> repeated ad infinitum. > Sun seem to have tweaked the firmware on the CDROM drive they put into > the Sun Blade 100's. You can most likely install by issuing > > hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 > > at the loader "OK" prompt (stop the default count-down). That worked! I needed to add a "set" command in front of the assignent of course. I put hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 in /boot/loader.conf. Thanks Cheers Michiel
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