From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 01:28:54 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 290831065673 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:28:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gibblertron@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f17.google.com (mail-bw0-f17.google.com [209.85.218.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A92518FC17 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:28:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gibblertron@gmail.com) Received: by bwz10 with SMTP id 10so119bwz.19 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:28:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=I8kf9Qrl1AEtSGVccP466hz9pF0JYEgx9EJSXAvym+c=; b=sdR9xlDrDJhzMhBzd4X8Dxl/XKuNd/Z0hjNLDOSqFYoj7Ci6VMEhZsiulco4baSpw7 SCGEh+2jWtchwPjIB1yyfKBlvQXd91tHoRz3bfOP0lfc+RV0eIN4qr+AbWOrL5zvQQ13 5J5iRjKMGMzgpG0tvG8LE8fOhEAl5pqP7a7XI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=UdUNkvgY8MQLtmjJWF9ZLNwBh0zNOWn2gI0yY6NbBz8qMUgPsmuG7EODTddEaYMHk2 KdD5MDJ2vEyt8DMqNeokx/ZhEEUoyVUhm68OPTIEEZUksFnceN/BubRE4ZCw4bEIoHkK G3/KACjAoJ6L5Rekg6GGnuGX2AqSzZ9TP4Ceg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.181.205.9 with SMTP id h9mr545150bkq.196.1232413665857; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:07:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:07:45 -0800 Message-ID: From: patrick To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: FreeBSD 7.1 Install -- acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:28:54 -0000 (Sorry for the repost, but in retrospect, I thought a subject detailing the actual problem would garner more responses.) Hi, I just got a new Dell Inspiron 530s, and am having some trouble getting FreeBSD 7.1 installed on it. When I boot up from the CD, after it detects all of the disks, I start getting messages like: acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left) and so on. Google results suggested that I disable ACPI from the boot menu. This works insofar as I get to the installation menu; however, when I go to partition the disk, it says that no disks were found. Is there a way I can disable ACPI, but set some boot-time variables to help the system find the disk controller? I'm in the process of creating a LiveCD to see if acpidump might help isolate just what the problem is, but if anyone has some advice in the meantime, I'd greatly appreciate it. ... time passes ... Booting in safe-mode doesn't have the TIMEOUT - READ_BIG messages, but instead I get an interrupt storm detected. The LiveCD didn't work because when I boot with ACPI disabled, no disks are detected which means that I cannot mount the LiveCD. :( Has anyone found a way to work around this sort of issue before? Thanks, Patrick