Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 21:13:55 +0200 From: Maciej Suszko <maciej@suszko.eu> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA dvd-r/rw drives on ICH9R/ICH9R doesn't work in FreeBSD 7/8 Message-ID: <20080522211355.77d66de3@suszko.eu> In-Reply-To: <000001c8bc13$be9d27b0$1801a8c0@hellfire> References: <000001c8bc13$be9d27b0$1801a8c0@hellfire>
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"Nifty" <violentsense@gmail.com> 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.
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