Kevin Miller posted a possible solution for this type of problem earlier. >From his email.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ if you hit a key (other than Enter) at the bootloader prompt during CD boot, and type:
set hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 it should let you it install. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doug Barton also posted a similar email. He suggested the following... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hw.ata.ata_dma="1" hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, it looks like set hw.ata.atapi_dma to 1 and if that doesn't work set both hw.ata.ata_dma & hw.ata.atapi_dma to 1 and retry. So far, it looks like AOpen CD-Rom drives need hw.ata.atapi_dma set to 1 for things to jive right. Then after fbsd 4.6 is installed you'll need to add the "set line" to your /boot/loader.conf. Both emails can currently be found at: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+0+current/freebsd-stable Cheers, Greg Rick Knospler wrote: > > Just downloaded disc 1 of freebsd 4.6. Is this the stable version at this > point? I tried to install it and it hangs right at the start of when it > usually would copy files (chunks) from the CD.. Downloaded the CD 2 times > from ftp.freebsd.org. Using a Tyan 2207t Motherboard with built in promise > ata/100 raid and 2 60GB drives mirrored.. 4.5 installs fine on this > hardware. The 4.6 release locks up.. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
