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Date:      Tue, 18 Jun 2002 05:05:28 -0500
From:      Greg Panula <greg.panula@dolaninformation.com>
To:        Rick Knospler <rick@skylands.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Freebsd 4.6 stable
Message-ID:  <3D0F05E8.20388CB4@dolaninformation.com>
References:  <5.1.0.14.2.20020618012858.02153048@pop3.skylands.net>

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Kevin Miller posted a possible solution for this type of problem earlier. 
From his email....
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if you hit a key (other than Enter) at the bootloader prompt during 
CD boot, and type:

set hw.ata.atapi_dma=1

it should let you it install.
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Doug Barton also posted a similar email.  He suggested the following...
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hw.ata.ata_dma="1"
hw.ata.atapi_dma="1"
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So, it looks like set hw.ata.atapi_dma to 1 and if that doesn't work set
both hw.ata.ata_dma & hw.ata.atapi_dma to 1 and retry.  So far, it looks
like AOpen CD-Rom drives need hw.ata.atapi_dma set to 1 for things to jive
right.

Then after fbsd 4.6 is installed you'll need to add the "set line" to your
/boot/loader.conf.

Both emails can currently be found at:
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+0+current/freebsd-stable

Cheers,
  Greg


Rick Knospler wrote:
> 
> Just downloaded disc 1 of freebsd 4.6.  Is this the stable version at this
> point?  I tried to install it and it hangs right at the start of when it
> usually would copy files (chunks) from the CD..  Downloaded the CD 2 times
> from ftp.freebsd.org.  Using a Tyan 2207t Motherboard with built in promise
> ata/100 raid and 2 60GB drives mirrored.. 4.5 installs fine on this
> hardware.  The 4.6 release locks up..
> 
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