error reading SATA DVDRW

[Glen Barber]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 5:34 AM, Ivan Carey <ivan at careytech.com.au> wrote:
> I am unable to install FreeBSD because of the following error
> acd0: FAILURE - READ BIG_MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x21 ascq=0x00
>
> The computer reboots during install.
>
> I have read that this error can be due to the DVD drive being a master, as
> it is a SATA drive it is assigned as a master in the BIOS
>
> Is there a way this can be resolved.
>

http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2008-11/msg00327.html


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