From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 03:42:21 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 9CF2D1065679 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:42:21 +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 BD7E78FC25 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:42:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gibblertron@gmail.com) Received: by bwz10 with SMTP id 10so95876bwz.19 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:42:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Y0HLMdk/Lho+bw7yjOrJQfpOCm33Q6e2c1UGS9ipTMw=; b=mLTJ/6y3laDPqjdxU3HoZusLc+KVh6fnn2x6ivIxcykD+l6/iUeMZFZf8WOPKuUyQw 0yvTKt9XzfRJEe2K43nxS55NWxwCKT3PtSDjwwc4QLK8vRzLMiUuTH1hmSZuIBACfJ7c TNSNH9cvZecrY4DXQUxAS6bMvj93N1zNUMNu4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=H08WKu5cl9bSPSYvYPstsAnSdLcB4DUEnpCdKPUwZcu5qCQS6HJFTnosLBlAR9foUC BGmo8RjNjOtgfrh24H0cL6hqJKuO/vi6SIWBxG8jne4Q01Bi/FkKtMDw//FGrzXQTY7a 5AbM8fD/UOITqoKfs6ntJT89KFw3QOp6dPSzE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.181.206.7 with SMTP id i7mr2320155bkq.57.1232422939483; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:42:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:42:19 -0800 Message-ID: From: patrick To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 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 03:42:22 -0000 On a side note, Open Solaris seems to install just fine. Sigh... FreeBSD is obviously my first choice, so hopefully there will be a solution to this problem... On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:07 PM, patrick wrote: > (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 >