Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:46:43 -1000 From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org>, Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.1-BETA2 installation on ASUS P4S8X fails BIG MEDIUM ERROR Message-ID: <4910D0D3.4020402@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <20081104182931.GA54773@icarus.home.lan> References: <49106440.4010906@kukulies.org> <1225813899.2734.1.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> <491090CE.1090900@hdk5.net> <20081104182931.GA54773@icarus.home.lan>
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Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 08:13:34AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: >> Julien Cigar wrote: >>> I've this problem too on almost all my machines. The only solution I've >>> found is to disable DMA (atapi_dma), but then performances are very poor >>> (and I'm still unable to burn a CD/DVD) >>> >>> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:03 +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> don't know whether it's the CDROM drive (a Creative 52x mx) or the >>>> motherboard (ASUS P4S8X) or what. >>>> Anyway, I tried to install a recent version of FreeBSD (7.1-BETA2) >>>> and the installation >>>> hangs right in the boot process of the installation CD disc1. >>>> >>>> I see >>>> >>>> acd0: FAILURE - READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 >>>> run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config >>>> run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 120 seconds for xpt_config >>>> run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 180 seconds for xpt_config >>>> >>>> and so on. >>>> >>>> Any clues? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Christoph Kukulies >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> ############ >> >> Aloha, >> >> I have had similiar happen on 7 and 8 Freebsd installs recently. >> >> If you install using safe mode it will work. Then in /boot/loader.conf >> >> #boot/loader.conf >> hw.ata.ata-dma=0 >> hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 > > There is no hw.ata.ata-dma tunable. I think you mean hw.ata.ata_dma > (note: underscore, not hyphen). If you really are using hw.ata.ata-dma, > it does nothing. :-) > > Also folks, please remember that "ATA DMA" is for hard disks, and > "ATAPI DMA" is for ATAPI devices (CD/DVD drives). > > Error messages from xpt_* functions are from by the ATAPI-to-CAM > emulation layer (think: SCSI emulation for ATAPI devices), but are > likely signs of underlying compatibility problems between the CD/DVD > drive and FreeBSD, and not the fault of atapicam(4). > > I'm not sure if there's a loader hint to disable xpt. > >> The error that comes up when you burn a CD seems to be bogus as I have >> used the CD's with out error for installing on other boxes. > > The "READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR" often indicates that the CD/DVD drive does > not support a specific read operation mode; some CD/DVD manufacturers > don't implement this command for various reasons. > Aloha Jeremy, Thanks for catching the - vs _ . I hear you, but I have to do the hw settings like above or the servers wont boot they stick at a db> or mountroot> error I think the 7 and 8 series OS are looking for SATA and dont like the IDE drives I use. I know the atapi setting is for CD's and These are brand new DVD/CD RW burners fwiw. A month or so back there were several people on line complaining about this. Maybe one of the FreeBSD comitters will have a look and see if something is wrong. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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