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From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de>
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Subject: Re: ata mode at startup
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On Fri, 23 May 2008 16:43:16 +0200
"Julian Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> wrote:

> unless one pre-knows FreeBSD magic like 	
> 	loader.conf hw.ata.ata_dma=0
> 

This can be set on the loader command line, so it doesn't absolutely
have to be in loader.conf to successfully boot.

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Gary Jennejohn