Jon, you are the next person, who encounters this problem. I had similar problem with 4.8 as well, and it seems to remain also in 4.9. I have resovled it that I copied whole FreeBSD install CD1 to the free newly MSDOS formated HDD, boot from install CD, then install from that HDD. I know it is very hard way, and I started some discussion here (look for subject "4.8 Install Failure" in the archive - there is few next questions, but no solution). People wanted me to check my HDD/cables/jumpers/CD-burn but it seems to be the installer problem. It seems to apear AFTER 4.6, because I have succesfully instaled both 4.6 in the past onto the same machine.
Dear FreeBSD team, could you please find that bug and repair it ? FreeBSD is an excelent OS, so make such the installation too, please. Yours Peter Rosa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Drukman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 8:57 PM Subject: installing 4.9-R: READ command timeout > i'm trying to install 4.9-RELEASE from the bootable CDROMs. i can't get > very far because it hangs during the boot process with the following error: > > ad3: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 resetting > ata1: resetting devices... > > and that's it. total freeze. > > i've done a little googling and most of the suggestions i've found > center around drive cabling/jumpering. however, the system is totally > functional under Windows XP (that's how i'm writing this message) so i'm > pretty sure all the hardware is wired up properly. > > ideas? > > hardware: asus a7n8x motherboard, athlon xp 2200+, onboard IDE > > primary master: western digital wd1200JB > primary slave: yamaha crw-f1e cd-rw > secondary master: western digital wd1200JB > secondary slave: ibm dtla-307045 > > > > -jsd- > > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"