Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:17:51 GMT From: Charles Owens <cowens@greatbaysoftware.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/139654: CD-boot failure w/READ_BIG error on IBM System x3250 M2 Message-ID: <200910152017.n9FKHpK4074817@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200910152020.n9FKK1Ub054963@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 139654 >Category: kern >Synopsis: CD-boot failure w/READ_BIG error on IBM System x3250 M2 >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 15 20:20:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Charles Owens >Release: 7.1-RELEASE >Organization: Great Bay Software >Environment: FreeBSD qaprofiler2 7.1-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p5 #0: Thu Jun 4 11:47:32 UTC 2009 cowens@n_newcastle.greatbaysoftware.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BEACON i386 >Description: Note custom kernel is PAE-enabled but otherwise largely same as GENERIC. Behavior also verified with GENERIC kernels. Unable to boot FreeBSD install CD with IBM System x3250 M2 server appliance. Kernel loads fine but at point where boot process attempts to mount CD following error messages are seen (repeating endlessly -- boot process never completes): acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left) acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (0 retries left) acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG timed out Kernel detects the CD/DVD drive as: acd0 CDRW <HL-DT-STCD-RW/DVD DRIVE GCC-T20N/1.00> This seems somewhat similar to kern/133122 >How-To-Repeat: Attempt to boot from install CD >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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