From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 26 03:52:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49F8F16A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:52:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ABAE43D53 for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:52:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j2Q3qMHq004489; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:52:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.NUXI.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j2Q3qMEY004488; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:52:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:52:21 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Michiel Boland Message-ID: <20050326035221.GA3942@dragon.NUXI.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: READ_BIG timed out installing 5.4-BETA1 on Blade-100 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:52:42 -0000 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. > > I have tried putting the cdrom drive on another channel, but identical > results. Note that I tossed out the drive that originally came with the > Blade, because that could not read any ceedees at all. 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). PLEASE let me know if this works for you. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)