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Subject: FreeBSD 2.1: Hangs during HD boot. SOLVED!
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A fine gentleman from Australia pointed out to me that BSD does not like some 
non-standard IDE controller settings.  Sure enough, I was using BLOCK mode.  On 
disabling block mode, BSD boots fine.  DON'T USE BLOCK MODE w/FreeBSD 2.1!

Alan M. Alpert
alpert@ix.netcom.com
102342.3357@compuserve.com