[ top posting corrected ] > > I have that problem with an ASUS P4S533 motherboard. I add > > these sysctl > > values to /boot/loader.conf: > > > > hw.ata.ata_dma="0" > > hw.ata.atapi_dma="0"
> OH MAN...... You don't know how many hours you just saved me!!! It boots > up beautifully with 3 drives. > > Thank you!!!! > > For future reference, do you know why this happens? Because some chip set / drive combinations don't work in DMA mode (don't know why). You can list the modes your drives are currently using with the following command (as root): atacontrol mode 0 (1st channel) atacontrol mode 1 (2nd -"- ) For performance reasons you can try whether disabling DMA mode for your ATAPI devices is enough, i.e. your /boot/loader.conf should look like this: hw.ata.atapi_dma="0" Regards, Simon
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