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Originally Posted by unixdude
I have tried to install FreeBSD-7.0 on this laptop with no luck. I keep getting input/output read errorrs. This maybe more a problem with the optics on my cd-rom?
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I would suggest trying to disable DMA reads on the CDROM device. How to do this:
When the boot menu comes up, select "Escape to loader prompt"
At the prompt:
Code:
set hw.ata.atapi_dma="0"
boot
If that works, add to
/boot/loader.conf:
Code:
hw.ata.atapi_dma="0"