FreeBSD 8.0 install on Mac mini (G4 1.42 Ghz)

[Carlo Dapor]

Mike,


Try doing 'set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0' at the prompt. Some Apple ATA
controllers seem to have issues with ATAPI DMA.

Regards,
--
Carlo

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Mikel Tidwell <firemyst at gmail.com> wrote:
> I recently tried to install the FreeBSD 8 onto my macmini but I don't even
> make it into sysinstall.  I burned the disc1.iso from the freebsd mirror of
> my choice.
>
> It continues to loop with the following errors:
>
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE RCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE WCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SET_MULTI taskqueue timeout - completing request manually
> acd0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left)
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE RCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE WCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SET_MULTI taskqueue timeout - completing request manually
> acd0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (0 retries left)
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE RCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SETFEATURES ENABLE WCACHE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> ad0: WARNING - SET_MULTI taskqueue timeout - completing request manually
> acd0: WARNING - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE taskqueue timeout - completing
> request manually
> acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG timed out
>
> I don't know where to go from here.  I've checked the forums and the mailing
> list archives.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  All hardware is
> stock for the first mac mini model.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mikel
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