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On Thursday 05 June 2003 09:27, Noor Dawod wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The problem was solved!
> This motherboard supports Serial ATA ports, and this option was ON in
> the BIOS.
> Turning it OFF, and adjusting the auto-detect mode in the BIOS,
> solved the problem.
>
> FreeBSD's probed the Serial ATA ports I guess and hanged there...
> Maybe one of the developers might want to add a check for serial ATA
> in the kernel in future releases...

Glad you're up and running.

Maybe Soren can shed some light on this.  Soren, he's running 4.8
RELEASE and the boot probe seems to stick when he hits the onboard
S-ATA ports.  Should this work in 4.8?

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         "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                              wes@softweyr.com