On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:24:35 +0900, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > In /boot/loader.conf, I have > hw.ata.ata_dma="0" > to prevent a WRITE_DMA failure crash at bootup. > Unfortunately, this forces my UDMA100 harddisk to operate > at PIO4 speed. > > There are patches flying around on this mailing list that might > solve the problem. I'm very keen on testing such patches, but I > should remove the line in loader.conf. However, if the patch does > not work, I end up with an unbootable disk. > > It would be nice if I can set hw.ata.ata_dma="0" at the loader > prompt during bootup, so that the system at least will boot from > harddisk. Is that possible? >
I'm not sure if I understand what you want, but you can use eg 'atacontrol mode <channel> udma33 udma33' to set your hard drive to UDMA-33 after the system has booted. Arjan _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
