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Date:      Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:12:45 +0100
From:      Carlo Dapor <catull@gmail.com>
To:        Mikel Tidwell <firemyst@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 8.0 install on Mac mini (G4 1.42 Ghz)
Message-ID:  <6a9140500912180912k238aa905lfbbd694614abb7f2@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <db53c2740912162207x139ede4m56f909de95c89eea@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <db53c2740912162207x139ede4m56f909de95c89eea@mail.gmail.com>

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Mike,


Try doing 'set hw.ata.atapi_dma=3D0' at the prompt. Some Apple ATA
controllers seem to have issues with ATAPI DMA.

Regards,
--
Carlo

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Mikel Tidwell <firemyst@gmail.com> wrote:
> I recently tried to install the FreeBSD 8 onto my macmini but I don't eve=
n
> make it into sysinstall. =A0I burned the disc1.iso from the freebsd mirro=
r of
> my choice.
>
> It continues to loop with the following errors:
>
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - completi=
ng
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE RCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE WCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SET_MULTI taskqueue timeout - completing request manually
> acd0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - complet=
ing
> request manually
> acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left)
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - completi=
ng
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE RCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE WCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SET_MULTI taskqueue timeout - completing request manually
> acd0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - complet=
ing
> request manually
> acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (0 retries left)
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - completi=
ng
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE RCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE WCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SET_MULTI taskqueue timeout - completing request manually
> acd0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - complet=
ing
> request manually
> acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG timed out
>
> I don't know where to go from here. =A0I've checked the forums and the ma=
iling
> list archives. =A0Any help would be greatly appreciated. =A0All hardware =
is
> stock for the first mac mini model.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mikel
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