Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:06:02 +0100 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> To: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> Cc: 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: <4911C46A.7020401@kukulies.org> In-Reply-To: <49109409.8030601@kukulies.org> References: <49106440.4010906@kukulies.org> <1225813899.2734.1.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> <491090CE.1090900@hdk5.net> <49109409.8030601@kukulies.org>
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Christoph Kukulies schrieb: > Hi Al, > > thanks for pointing me to safe mode install. That I will probably try > tomorrow. > The day ended up in havoc: I tried to boot a floppy to do an ASUS BIOS > upgrade and somehow messed with the power cable. > A big flash occurred originating from the power supply. I opened the > power supply, found a blown fuse, ran to the electronics store, bought > a new fuse (+ one in reserve), inserted the fuse, tried the power > supply, with connections off and a firework, prematurely - your > presidential elections aren't finished yet - , developed in front of > my face. Will continue tomorrow, when America has a new president. > Back at the problem: I chose 3. safe mode to no avail. Still get this acd0: FAILURE - READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config I even changed the CDROM drive to a very old slow one. I changes IDE busses (first vs. second IDE) to no avail. I'm now gonna burn another medium. No luck yet installing 7.1 BETA2. I'm also a long time FreeBSD user btw, from times where it was called "386bsd" :-) -- Christoph > > -- > Christoph > > Al Plant schrieb: >> 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 >> >> This makes the HD and CD to work for me after the install. >> >> 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. >>
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