freebsd stable - Jul 2003 - 4.8 installer failure with intel ICH4 ata controller

I'm trying to install 4.8 from cdrom. I get to the kernel config menu,
select the first option, install without configuring a kernel, and the boot
process hangs accessing the cdrom. ad0 (the hard drive) is recognized fine.
The cdrom does:

acd0: MODE_SENSE_BIG command timeout - resetting
ata1: resetting devices .. done

over and over. Finally I get to the screen "Probing devices, please wait
(this can take a while)" and the installer hangs.

acd0 is on ata1. I have tried booting with:

set hw.ata.ata_dma=0
set hw.ata.wc=0

I have also tried disabling udma support for this drive in the BIOS.

Also, I have an intel ICH4 controller which is in the supported list.

There seems to be a pr open on this, 36610. How can I tell if this is the
problem I have? Is there anything I can do, such as trying a different
cdrom drive?

The drive works fine with both windows 2000 and rhat linux 9.

Thanks.

--Ben

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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*** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru ***
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Dimitry Morozvskky wrote:
>Try the opposite:
>
>set hw.ata.atapi_dma=1
Thanks for the idea, but it still does not work. The installer still hangs.

Regards,
Ben