From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 1 5:22: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bart.callnet0800.com (bart.callnet0800.com [212.67.128.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 702C937B81A for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 05:21:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Ian@tirnanog.org) Received: from smtp.f1racing.co.uk [212.67.128.141] by bart.callnet0800.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-5.05) id A89C200EA; Thu, 01 Jun 2000 11:19:08 +0100 Received: from da148d26.dialup.callnet0800.com [212.67.148.26] by smtp.f1racing.co.uk (SMTPD32-5.05) id AF391C4200A2; Wed, 31 May 2000 23:16:25 +0100 From: Ian J Greely To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Forcing PIO mode in ATA driver. Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 23:14:54 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I need to force freebsd v 4.0 to use the PIO mode instead of the UDMA 33 mode for accessing a hard disk. Is anyone aware of what flags this requires in the visual configuration section of the CD boot? My bios will not allow me to disable the DMA mode on the hardware. The install is failing in writing to the drive during the install.=20 It's a maxtor 8 gig drive as master on the secodary IDE channel. There is no other device on this channel. Any tips greatly appreciated. regards, Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message