"Nifty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I have two PC's with ICH8R and ICH9R sata controllers. Controller > mode set to sata, no AHCI or RAID. > Two SATA dvd-r/rw drivers present, SONY-NEC Optiarc AD-7170S, AD-7203S > If I try to install FreeBSD 7.0R or FreeBSD 8.0 CURRENT from CD - when > kernel boot and try to use CD, I see > messages like this: > > ------------------------------------------------------ > acd1: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retries left) > acd1: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (0 retries left) > acd1: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying > > (repeated two times) > ------------------------------------------------------ > > And then nothing - installation can't recognize CD disk in drive, and > I can't install FreeBSD.
Have you tried to wait few minutes? I noticed similar errors but within few minutes the installer started and I had no problems installing 7.0R (motherboard with ICH9, some noname PATA DVD-R drive) -- regards, Maciej Suszko. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
