In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
  Chris Pockele writes:
>Hi,
>I'm running FreeBSD 4-STABLE and since a week or so, I've been experiencing
>troubles using atapi cd drives.
>The system has a Chaintech motherboard with Intel 82440LX chipset.
>The primary IDE channel has a Western Digital 30 GB hard disk drive connected
>to it, on the secondary channel are a CD-writer (master) and reader (slave).
>
>When reading a file (using dd, cp, another application) from a CD, I get
>a few messages from the kernel:
>
>acd1: READ_BIG command timeout - resetting
>ata1: resetting devices ..

There are several threads that show similar problems with acd, and
there is a PR

i386/37420: Copying large files from an IDE CD-ROM to a harddrive
 causes a system lock-up.

Some have had success by using atacontrol to change drive to dma mode.
This only reduces the frequency of the problem in my case.

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