Boot problem: "ata0: resetting devices"

[Rich Morin]

At 2:05 AM -0700 5/30/03, Kent Stewart wrote:
>Did you try doing it in /boot/loader.conf.

The man page indicates that I can set assorted variables in this file,
so perhaps I could put in a line such as:

   hw.ata.ata_dma=0

If so, the sysctl.conf(5) man page should be amended to indicate the
fact.  Nonetheless, as I already have a kernel which has the variable
turned off, this wouldn't buy me anything.

What I'm really looking for is a way to use a different ATA controller.

-r
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