4.8 installer failure with intel ICH4 ata controller

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Ben Mesander wrote:

BM> I'm trying to install 4.8 from cdrom. I get to the kernel config menu,
BM> select the first option, install without configuring a kernel, and the boot
BM> process hangs accessing the cdrom. ad0 (the hard drive) is recognized fine.
BM> The cdrom does:
BM>
BM> acd0: MODE_SENSE_BIG command timeout - resetting
BM> ata1: resetting devices .. done
BM>
BM> over and over. Finally I get to the screen "Probing devices, please wait
BM> (this can take a while)" and the installer hangs.
BM>
BM> acd0 is on ata1. I have tried booting with:
BM>
BM> set hw.ata.ata_dma=0
BM> set hw.ata.wc=0

Try the opposite:

set hw.ata.atapi_dma=1


Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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