Mike Meyer wrote:

> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> > I was wondering if any subscibers to this list recognise the
> > following problem.
> >
> > I just purchased 2 identical machines and I am looking to install 4.7
> > from CD.
> [...]
> > It then formats the hard disk ok, but reports
> >
> > acd0: TEST_UNIT_READY command timeout - resetting
> > ata1: resetting devices .. done
> > ( The message repeats itself many times.)
> >
> > finally it gives up and gives error message
> >
> > Error mounting /dev/acd0c on dist Input/Output Error(5)
> >
> > Any ideas why it should boot from CD, but not then recognise it ?
>
> I'm taking a shot in the dark, but is the CD on the secondary
> controller as a slave, and there's no master on that controller? That
> configuration causes problems for FreeBSD. I'm not sure it would cause
> the timeouts you are seeing, but it does cause FreeBSD to fail to
> recognize drives.
>

Wasn't that , but thanks for the tip ;-)

Changed CDROM now all ok.

>
>         <mike
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