Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 19:35:41 +0100 From: Robert Downes <nullentropy@lineone.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install hangs with Toshiba 2.5" drive Message-ID: <40B634FD.9010106@lineone.net> In-Reply-To: <40B6135B.6070006_lineone.net@ns.sol.net> References: <40B6135B.6070006_lineone.net@ns.sol.net>
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nullentropy@lineone.net wrote: > Running FreeBSD 5.0 installer, I see a few messages along the lines of > "configured IRQ 3 is not in bitmap of irqs" and then the following pair > of lines: > > ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. > > And then the system seems to jam, the drive light still on, and no > further progress is made even after several minutes. Solved it, thanks to the wisdom of the Web. A Google search and some luck led me to the nugget that disabling DMA mode for the IDE drive (and possibly disconnecting troublesome CD drives - but I didn't need to do that) would stop the boot jamming. So I've successfully installed FreeBSD on one machine (with a CD drive) and run it on another (without). Thank you to JJB and Joe for replying to me personally. -- Bob
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