FreeBSD 8.x install CD/DVD issue

[Florian Fuessl]

On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:44 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Florian Fuessl <...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > this is a user BUG report:
> >
> > Trying to install FreeBSD/amd64 8.0-RELEASE or 8.1-RC2 directly from
> > 8.x-...-dvd1.iso or trying to run "Fixit" after booting up from
> > 8.x-...-dvd1.iso or 8.x-...-livefs ISO-images on HP Blades results in
> > the following issue here:
> >
> > The installation disc is not being recognized after booting up from
> > CD/DVD; i.e.
> > [...]
> >
> > I've tried out this procedure on different HP Blade types and have
> > used an external USB CD/DVD drive and HP iLO2 with integrated remote
> > CD/DVD drive (image) support for testing.
> >
> > Booting up an installation medium of FreeBSD 7.3 this all work fine
> > without this issue; so I guess this problem has been introduced with
> > the new FreeBSD 8.x kernel.
> >
> > I discovered the following work-around fixing this issue:
> > [...]
> 
>     Sorry to be pedantic, but are you saying that an external DVD
> drive via USB fails, whereas a mounted image works, or both cases
> fail?

Both cases fail.

>     Does the iLO2 drive get detected as umass, or an acd based device?

umass in both cases; i.e. iLO2 drive:

cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <HP Virtual DVD-ROM \0000.0> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
cd0: 1.000MB/s transfers
cd0: cd present [164374 x 2048 byte records]

> Thanks,
> -Garrett

-Florian