Enabling acpi support renders system unbootable (was: kernel: ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=234441585)

Daniel A. A. alive at dienub.org
Sun Jun 18 21:45:31 UTC 2006


Daniel A. A. wrote:
> Daniel A. A. wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Whenever I try to boot my desktop workstation with FreeBSD, it 
>> suddenly just hangs there forever. When I boot into safe mode, 
>> however, I get this in the dmesg:
>> Jun 18 16:01:46 b00b kernel: ad8: 114473MB <Seagate ST3120022A 3.06> 
>> at ata4-master PIO4
>> Jun 18 16:01:46 b00b kernel: ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=234441585
>> Jun 18 16:01:46 b00b kernel: ad8: TIMEOUT - READ retrying (1 retry 
>> left) LBA=0
>> Jun 18 16:01:46 b00b kernel: ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=234441631
>> Jun 18 16:01:46 b00b kernel: ad8: TIMEOUT - READ retrying (0 retries 
>> left) LBA=0
>> Jun 18 16:01:46 b00b kernel: ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=234441644
>> Jun 18 16:01:46 b00b kernel: ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=0
>> Jun 18 16:01:46 b00b kernel: ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=234441585
>> Jun 18 16:01:46 b00b kernel: ad8: TIMEOUT - READ retrying (1 retry 
>> left) LBA=0
>>
>> The hard drive is connected to an onboard Promise FastTrak (atapci1: 
>> <Promise PDC20376 SATA150 controller> port 
>> 0x8000-0x803f,0x7800-0x780f,0x7400-0x747f mem 
>> 0xab800000-0xab800fff,0xab000000-0xab01ffff irq 11 at device 14.0 on 
>> pci0) controller on my Asus p4s8x motherboard. The drive itself is 
>> connected to the optional PATA connector, which works wonderfully in 
>> Windows.
>>
>> I've currently managed to install Xorg and KDE on the box, all 
>> entirely in Safe Mode, but the performance is really bad, or not as 
>> good as it should be on a PC with a Pentium IV 2.4GHz and 1GB PC3200 
>> RAM.
>> Googling yields irrelevant results to my case, and search results for 
>> "freebsd p4s8x" (no quotes) indicate that FreeBSD should be working 
>> OK with my motherboard and all of its native components.
>>
>> So, does anybody know how to
>> a) Fix this issue (or, if not)
>> b) How to prevent a specific device (atapci1 or ad8) from being 
>> loaded during boot time? Again, googling yields no results, but I 
>> might be querying the wrong strings.
>>
>> Attached is my dmesg.boot
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>   
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> Well, go figure.
> First, I disabled the SATA controller which I thought was the problem, 
> in my BIOS. This didn't give any more different results than booting 
> normally, except that the ad8 device wasn't created. The system just 
> stopped loading after creating the acd0 device. So, that must not have 
> been the problem, I thought. Then I disconnected the power and ATA 
> cable from the "problematic" hard drive, which yielded the same results.
> Then, I disconnected my DVD drive, which didn't change the situation 
> at all, except not creating the acd0 device at boot (And just hanging 
> after initiating ad1, which is where I boot FreeBSD from)
> So I tried booting in verbose mode, which I hoped would give some 
> error, or at least a clue. It didn't. At all.
> Then, my logic screamed at me, and I was smiling yet again. What if 
> the verbose mode would give me a clue as to how the system manages to 
> boot in safe mode? What if it tells me something like "this and that 
> was skipped, proceeding safe boot"? After having figured out how to 
> boot in safe AND verbose mode (By editing /boot/beastie.4th a little. 
> Maybe booting in safe mode should be a 'boot' flag?), I happily 
> rebooted the box again. Nothing broke from my edit, and it booted. I 
> watched the screen and the scrolling text in anticipation, like a 
> little boy on Christmas who is hoping that Santa will bring him the 
> bike he's always wanted.
> As the kernel, very verbosely, complained about not being able to read 
> stuff on the ad8 device, this kids eyes lighted up. He approached the 
> Christmas tree, thinking that he had spotted the bike. And then, BAM. 
> Everything with this boys name on the label under the tree was a soft 
> package. Five packages from Santa; all soft. The kid lost hope, yet 
> again, as his highly anticipated informative error messages were 
> nowhere to find.
>
> I've attached the verbose dmesg.boot, in the hopes that someone will 
> bring me a hard package with my name on it - before next Christmas.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop...done
> Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...done
> Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...
> Syncing disks, vnodes remaining...8 8 4 3 3 0 0 done
> All buffers synced.
> Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
> 	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May  7 04:32:43 UTC 2006
>     root at opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0abe000.
> Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/snd_es137x.ko" at 0xc0abe188.
> Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/sound.ko" at 0xc0abe238.
> Calibrating clock(s) ... i8254 clock: 1193262 Hz
> CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> Calibrating TSC clock ... TSC clock: 2400098244 Hz
> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz (2400.10-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf24  Stepping = 4
>   Features=0x3febfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM>
> real memory  = 1073725440 (1023 MB)
> Physical memory chunk(s):
> 0x0000000000001000 - 0x000000000009bfff, 634880 bytes (155 pages)
> 0x0000000000100000 - 0x00000000003fffff, 3145728 bytes (768 pages)
> 0x0000000000c25000 - 0x000000003edc3fff, 1041887232 bytes (254367 pages)
> avail memory = 1041780736 (993 MB)
> bios32: Found BIOS32 Service Directory header at 0xc00f1800
> bios32: Entry = 0xf1180 (c00f1180)  Rev = 0  Len = 1
> pcibios: PCI BIOS entry at 0xf0000+0x11b0
> pnpbios: Found PnP BIOS data at 0xc00f9680
> pnpbios: Entry = f0000:96b0  Rev = 1.0
> pnpbios: OEM ID cd041
> Other BIOS signatures found:
> wlan: <802.11 Link Layer>
> null: <null device, zero device>
> random: <entropy source, Software, Yarrow>
> nfslock: pseudo-device
> io: <I/O>
> mem: <memory>
> Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
> rr232x: RocketRAID 232x controller driver v1.02 (May  7 2006 04:32:33)
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> cpu0 on motherboard
> pci_open(1):	mode 1 addr port (0x0cf8) is 0x80000070
> pci_open(1a):	mode1res=0x80000000 (0x80000000)
> pci_cfgcheck:	device 0 [class=060000] [hdr=80] is there (id=06481039)
> pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
> Found $PIR table, 11 entries at 0xc00f1720
> PCI-Only Interrupts: none
> Location  Bus Device Pin  Link  IRQs
> slot 7      1    0    A   0x41  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 7      1    0    B   0x42  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0    2    A   0x41  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0    2    B   0x42  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0    2    C   0x43  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0    2    D   0x44  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0    3    A   0x60  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0    3    B   0x61  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0    3    C   0x62  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0    3    D   0x63  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 1      0    8    A   0x44  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 1      0    8    B   0x41  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 1      0    8    C   0x42  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 1      0    8    D   0x43  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 2      0    9    A   0x42  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 2      0    9    B   0x43  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 2      0    9    C   0x44  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 2      0    9    D   0x41  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 3      0   10    A   0x43  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 3      0   10    B   0x44  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 3      0   10    C   0x41  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 3      0   10    D   0x42  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 4      0   11    A   0x44  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 4      0   11    B   0x41  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 4      0   11    C   0x42  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 4      0   11    D   0x43  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 5      0   12    A   0x41  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 5      0   12    B   0x42  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 5      0   12    C   0x43  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 5      0   12    D   0x44  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 6      0   13    A   0x42  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 6      0   13    B   0x43  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 6      0   13    C   0x44  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> slot 6      0   13    D   0x41  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0    4    A   0x44  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0   14    A   0x41  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0   14    B   0x42  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0   14    C   0x43  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> embedded    0   14    D   0x44  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> pcibus 0 on motherboard
> pir0: <PCI Interrupt Routing Table: 11 Entries> on motherboard
> $PIR: Links after initial probe:
> Link  IRQ  Rtd  Ref  IRQs
> 0x41  255   N     9  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x42  255   N     9  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x43  255   N     8  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x44  255   N     9  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x60  255   N     1  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x61  255   N     1  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x62  255   N     1  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x63  255   N     1  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 1.0.INTA at func 0: 11
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 0.2.INTA at func 5: 11
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 0.2.INTB at func 3: 255
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 0.2.INTC at func 7: 255
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 0.3.INTA at func 0: 9
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 0.3.INTB at func 1: 9
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 0.3.INTC at func 2: 9
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 0.3.INTD at func 3: 255
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 0.13.INTA at func 0: 255
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 0.4.INTA at func 0: 255
> $PIR: Found matching pin for 0.14.INTA at func 0: 11
> $PIR: Links after initial IRQ discovery:
> Link  IRQ  Rtd  Ref  IRQs
> 0x41   11   Y     9  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x42  255   N     9  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x43  255   N     8  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x44  255   N     9  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x60    9   Y     1  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x61    9   Y     1  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x62    9   Y     1  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> 0x63  255   N     1  3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12
> $PIR: IRQs used by BIOS: 9 11
> $PIR: Interrupt Weights:
> [    0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15 ]
> [    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   9   0   0   0   0 ]
> pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> pci0: physical bus=0
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x0648, revid=0x02
> 	bus=0, slot=0, func=0
> 	class=06-00-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1
> 	cmdreg=0x0007, statreg=0x2210, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x20 (960 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
> 	map[10]: type 1, range 32, base b0000000, size 27, enabled
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x0001, revid=0x00
> 	bus=0, slot=1, func=0
> 	class=06-04-00, hdrtype=0x01, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0007, statreg=0x0000, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x08 (2000 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x0963, revid=0x04
> 	bus=0, slot=2, func=0
> 	class=06-01-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1
> 	cmdreg=0x000f, statreg=0x0200, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x7007, revid=0x00
> 	bus=0, slot=2, func=3
> 	class=0c-00-10, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0004, statreg=0x0210, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x40 (1920 ns), mingnt=0x04 (1000 ns), maxlat=0x0c (3000 ns)
> 	intpin=b, irq=255
> 	powerspec 2  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
> 	map[10]: type 1, range 32, base ae800000, size 12, memory disabled
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x5513, revid=0x00
> 	bus=0, slot=2, func=5
> 	class=01-01-8a, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0005, statreg=0x0200, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x80 (3840 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
> 	intpin=a, irq=11
> 	map[20]: type 4, range 32, base 0000a400, size  4, enabled
> $PIR: 0:2 INTA routed to irq 11
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x7012, revid=0xa0
> 	bus=0, slot=2, func=7
> 	class=04-01-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0004, statreg=0x0290, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x20 (960 ns), mingnt=0x34 (13000 ns), maxlat=0x0b (2750 ns)
> 	intpin=c, irq=255
> 	powerspec 2  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
> 	map[10]: type 4, range 32, base 00009400, size  8, port disabled
> 	map[14]: type 4, range 32, base 00009000, size  7, enabled
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x7001, revid=0x0f
> 	bus=0, slot=3, func=0
> 	class=0c-03-10, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1
> 	cmdreg=0x0017, statreg=0x0280, cachelnsz=8 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x20 (960 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x50 (20000 ns)
> 	intpin=a, irq=9
> 	map[10]: type 1, range 32, base ae000000, size 12, enabled
> $PIR: 0:3 INTA routed to irq 9
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x7001, revid=0x0f
> 	bus=0, slot=3, func=1
> 	class=0c-03-10, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0017, statreg=0x0280, cachelnsz=8 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x20 (960 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x50 (20000 ns)
> 	intpin=b, irq=9
> 	map[10]: type 1, range 32, base ad800000, size 12, enabled
> $PIR: 0:3 INTB routed to irq 9
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x7001, revid=0x0f
> 	bus=0, slot=3, func=2
> 	class=0c-03-10, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0017, statreg=0x0280, cachelnsz=8 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x20 (960 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x50 (20000 ns)
> 	intpin=c, irq=9
> 	map[10]: type 1, range 32, base ad000000, size 12, enabled
> $PIR: 0:3 INTC routed to irq 9
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x7002, revid=0x00
> 	bus=0, slot=3, func=3
> 	class=0c-03-20, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0004, statreg=0x0290, cachelnsz=8 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x20 (960 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x50 (20000 ns)
> 	intpin=d, irq=255
> 	powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
> 	map[10]: type 1, range 32, base ac800000, size 12, memory disabled
> found->	vendor=0x1039, dev=0x0900, revid=0x91
> 	bus=0, slot=4, func=0
> 	class=02-00-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0004, statreg=0x0290, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x20 (960 ns), mingnt=0x34 (13000 ns), maxlat=0x0b (2750 ns)
> 	intpin=a, irq=255
> 	powerspec 2  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
> 	map[10]: type 4, range 32, base 00008800, size  8, port disabled
> 	map[14]: type 1, range 32, base ac000000, size 12, memory disabled
> found->	vendor=0x1274, dev=0x5880, revid=0x02
> 	bus=0, slot=13, func=0
> 	class=04-01-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0004, statreg=0x0410, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x20 (960 ns), mingnt=0x0c (3000 ns), maxlat=0x80 (32000 ns)
> 	intpin=a, irq=255
> 	powerspec 1  supports D0 D2 D3  current D0
> 	map[10]: type 4, range 32, base 00008400, size  6, port disabled
> found->	vendor=0x105a, dev=0x3376, revid=0x02
> 	bus=0, slot=14, func=0
> 	class=01-04-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0017, statreg=0x0230, cachelnsz=8 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x60 (2880 ns), mingnt=0x04 (1000 ns), maxlat=0x12 (4500 ns)
> 	intpin=a, irq=11
> 	powerspec 2  supports D0 D1 D3  current D0
> 	map[10]: type 4, range 32, base 00008000, size  6, enabled
> 	map[14]: type 4, range 32, base 00007800, size  4, enabled
> 	map[18]: type 4, range 32, base 00007400, size  7, enabled
> 	map[1c]: type 1, range 32, base ab800000, size 12, enabled
> 	map[20]: type 1, range 32, base ab000000, size 17, enabled
> $PIR: 0:14 INTA routed to irq 11
> agp0: <SiS 648 host to AGP bridge> mem 0xb0000000-0xb7ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0
> agp0: Reserved 0x8000000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xb0000000
> agp0: allocating GATT for aperture of size 128M
> pcib1: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
> pcib1:   secondary bus     1
> pcib1:   subordinate bus   1
> pcib1:   I/O decode        0xd000-0xdfff
> pcib1:   memory decode     0xaf000000-0xafffffff
> pcib1:   prefetched decode 0xc0000000-0xfebfffff
> pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
> pci1: physical bus=1
> found->	vendor=0x1002, dev=0x4151, revid=0x00
> 	bus=1, slot=0, func=0
> 	class=03-00-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1
> 	cmdreg=0x0007, statreg=0x02b0, cachelnsz=8 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x40 (1920 ns), mingnt=0x08 (2000 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
> 	intpin=a, irq=11
> 	powerspec 2  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
> 	map[10]: type 3, range 32, base e0000000, size 28, enabled
> pcib1: (null) requested memory range 0xe0000000-0xefffffff: good
> 	map[14]: type 4, range 32, base 0000d800, size  8, enabled
> pcib1: (null) requested I/O range 0xd800-0xd8ff: in range
> 	map[18]: type 1, range 32, base af800000, size 16, enabled
> pcib1: (null) requested memory range 0xaf800000-0xaf80ffff: good
> $PIR: 1:0 INTA routed to irq 11
> found->	vendor=0x1002, dev=0x4171, revid=0x00
> 	bus=1, slot=0, func=1
> 	class=03-80-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> 	cmdreg=0x0004, statreg=0x02b0, cachelnsz=8 (dwords)
> 	lattimer=0x40 (1920 ns), mingnt=0x08 (2000 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
> 	powerspec 2  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
> 	map[10]: type 3, range 32, base c0000000, size 28, memory disabled
> pcib1: (null) requested memory range 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff: good
> 	map[14]: type 1, range 32, base af000000, size 16, enabled
> pcib1: (null) requested memory range 0xaf000000-0xaf00ffff: good
> pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
> pci1: <display> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> fwohci0: <SiS 7007> mem 0xae800000-0xae800fff at device 2.3 on pci0
> fwohci0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xae800000
> $PIR: Found IRQ 9 for link 0x42 from 9 11
> $PIR: ROUTE_INTERRUPT failed.
> fwohci0: Could not allocate irq
> device_attach: fwohci0 attach returned 6
> atapci0: <SiS 963 UDMA133 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xa400-0xa40f irq 11 at device 2.5 on pci0
> atapci0: Reserved 0x10 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xa400
> ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
> atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x1f0
> atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x14 type 4 at 0x3f6
> ata0: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=50 ostat1=50
> ata0: stat0=0x80 err=0x80 lsb=0x80 msb=0x80
> ata0: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata0: stat1=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata0: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=50 devices=0x3<ATA_SLAVE,ATA_MASTER>
> ata0: [MPSAFE]
> ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
> atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x18 type 4 at 0x170
> atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x1c type 4 at 0x376
> ata1: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=50 ostat1=00
> ata1: stat0=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x14 msb=0xeb
> ata1: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x14 msb=0xeb
> ata1: reset tp2 stat0=00 stat1=00 devices=0xc<ATAPI_SLAVE,ATAPI_MASTER>
> ata1: [MPSAFE]
> pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 2.7 (no driver attached)
> ohci0: <SiS 5571 USB controller> mem 0xae000000-0xae000fff irq 9 at device 3.0 on pci0
> ohci0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xae000000
> ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
> usb0: SMM does not respond, resetting
> usb0: <SiS 5571 USB controller> on ohci0
> usb0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> ohci1: <SiS 5571 USB controller> mem 0xad800000-0xad800fff irq 9 at device 3.1 on pci0
> ohci1: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xad800000
> ohci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
> usb1: SMM does not respond, resetting
> usb1: <SiS 5571 USB controller> on ohci1
> usb1: USB revision 1.0
> uhub1: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> ohci2: <SiS 5571 USB controller> mem 0xad000000-0xad000fff irq 9 at device 3.2 on pci0
> ohci2: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xad000000
> ohci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> usb2: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
> usb2: SMM does not respond, resetting
> usb2: <SiS 5571 USB controller> on ohci2
> usb2: USB revision 1.0
> uhub2: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
> uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
> ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xac800000-0xac800fff at device 3.3 on pci0
> ehci0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xac800000
> $PIR: Found IRQ 9 for link 0x63 from 9 11
> $PIR: ROUTE_INTERRUPT failed.
> ehci0: Could not allocate irq
> device_attach: ehci0 attach returned 6
> sis0: <SiS 900 10/100BaseTX> port 0x8800-0x88ff mem 0xac000000-0xac000fff at device 4.0 on pci0
> sis0: Reserved 0x100 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x8800
> $PIR: Found IRQ 9 for link 0x44 from 9 11
> $PIR: 0:4 INTA routed to irq 9
> miibus0: <MII bus> on sis0
> rlphy0: <RTL8201L 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
> rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> sis0: bpf attached
> sis0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:18:b0:e3:5b
> sis0: [MPSAFE]
> pcm0: <Creative CT5880-C> port 0x8400-0x843f at device 13.0 on pci0
> pcm0: Reserved 0x40 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x8400
> pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9708/11 AC97 Codec (id = 0x83847608)>
> pcm0: Codec features 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, 5 bit master volume, SigmaTel 3D Enhancement
> pcm0: Primary codec extended features surround DAC
> pcm0: ac97 codec dac ready count: 0
> $PIR: 0:13 INTA routed to irq 9
> pcm0: [MPSAFE]
> pcm0: sndbuf_setmap 3e8d5000, 1000; 0xc4bc1000 -> 3e8d5000
> pcm0: sndbuf_setmap 3e8f7000, 1000; 0xc4bc3000 -> 3e8f7000
> pcm0: <Playback: DAC2 / Record: ADC>
> atapci1: <Promise PDC20376 SATA150 controller> port 0x8000-0x803f,0x7800-0x780f,0x7400-0x747f mem 0xab800000-0xab800fff,0xab000000-0xab01ffff irq 11 at device 14.0 on pci0
> pci0: child atapci1 requested type 4 for rid 0x20, but the BAR says it is an memio
> atapci1: [MPSAFE]
> atapci1: Reserved 0x20000 bytes for rid 0x20 type 3 at 0xab000000
> atapci1: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x1c type 3 at 0xab800000
> atapci1: [MPSAFE]
> ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
> ata2: SATA connect status=00000000
> ata2: [MPSAFE]
> ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
> ata3: SATA connect status=00000000
> ata3: [MPSAFE]
> ata4: <ATA channel 2> on atapci1
> ata4: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=50 ostat1=00
> ata4: stat0=0x90 err=0x90 lsb=0x90 msb=0x90
> ata4: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1<ATA_MASTER>
> ata4: [MPSAFE]
> ex_isa_identify()
> ata: ata0 already exists; skipping it
> ata: ata1 already exists; skipping it
> pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 203
> pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 243
> pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 283
> pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 2c3
> pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 303
> pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 343
> pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 383
> pnp_identify: Trying Read_Port at 3c3
> PNP Identify complete
> unknown: status reg test failed ff
> unknown: status reg test failed ff
> unknown: status reg test failed ff
> unknown: status reg test failed ff
> unknown: status reg test failed ff
> unknown: status reg test failed ff
> pnpbios: 16 devices, largest 114 bytes
> PNP0401: adding dma mask 0x8
> PNP0401: adding irq mask 0x20
> PNP0401: adding io range 0x278-0x27f, size=0x8, align=0
> PNP0401: adding io range 0x678-0x67f, size=0x8, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 1 device ID PNP0401 (0104d041)
> PNP0501: adding irq mask 0x10
> PNP0501: adding io range 0x3e8-0x3ef, size=0x8, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 2 device ID PNP0501 (0105d041)
> PNP0501: adding irq mask 0x10
> PNP0501: adding io range 0x3f8-0x3ff, size=0x8, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 3 device ID PNP0501 (0105d041)
> PNPb02f: adding io range 0x200-0x207, size=0x8, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 6 device ID PNPb02f (2fb0d041)
> PNPb006: adding irq mask 0x400
> PNPb006: adding io range 0x300-0x301, size=0x2, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 7 device ID PNPb006 (06b0d041)
> PNP0f13: adding irq mask 0x1000
> pnpbios: handle 8 device ID PNP0f13 (130fd041)
> PNP0c01: adding fixed memory32 range 0-0x9ffff, size=0xa0000
> PNP0c01: adding fixed memory32 range 0x100000-0x3fffffff, size=0x3ff00000
> PNP0c01: adding fixed memory32 range 0xe8000-0xeffff, size=0x8000
> PNP0c01: adding fixed memory32 range 0xf0000-0xf3fff, size=0x4000
> PNP0c01: adding fixed memory32 range 0xf4000-0xf7fff, size=0x4000
> PNP0c01: adding fixed memory32 range 0xf8000-0xfffff, size=0x8000
> PNP0c01: adding fixed memory32 range 0xdbc00-0xdbfff, size=0x400
> PNP0c01: adding fixed memory32 range 0xfff80000-0xffffffff, size=0x80000
> pnpbios: handle 9 device ID PNP0c01 (010cd041)
> PNP0100: adding irq mask 0x1
> PNP0100: adding io range 0x40-0x43, size=0x4, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 11 device ID PNP0100 (0001d041)
> PNP0b00: adding irq mask 0x100
> PNP0b00: adding io range 0x70-0x71, size=0x2, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 12 device ID PNP0b00 (000bd041)
> PNP0303: adding irq mask 0x2
> PNP0303: adding io range 0x60-0x60, size=0x1, align=0
> PNP0303: adding io range 0x64-0x64, size=0x1, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 13 device ID PNP0303 (0303d041)
> PNP0c04: adding irq mask 0x2000
> PNP0c04: adding io range 0xf0-0xf0, size=0x1, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 14 device ID PNP0c04 (040cd041)
> PNP0200: adding dma mask 0x10
> PNP0200: adding io range 0-0xf, size=0x10, align=0
> PNP0200: adding io range 0x80-0x90, size=0x11, align=0
> PNP0200: adding io range 0x94-0x9f, size=0xc, align=0
> PNP0200: adding io range 0xc0-0xde, size=0x1f, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 15 device ID PNP0200 (0002d041)
> PNP0800: adding io range 0x61-0x61, size=0x1, align=0x1
> pnpbios: handle 16 device ID PNP0800 (0008d041)
> PNP0a03: adding io range 0xcf8-0xcff, size=0x8, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 17 device ID PNP0a03 (030ad041)
> PNP0c02: adding io range 0xe600-0xe61f, size=0x20, align=0
> PNP0c02: adding io range 0xe400-0xe47f, size=0x80, align=0
> pnpbios: handle 18 device ID PNP0c02 (020cd041)
> sc: sc0 already exists; skipping it
> vga: vga0 already exists; skipping it
> isa_probe_children: disabling PnP devices
> isa_probe_children: probing non-PnP devices
> pmtimer0 on isa0
> orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xccfff,0xd0000-0xd3fff on isa0
> adv0: not probed (disabled)
> aha0: not probed (disabled)
> aic0: not probed (disabled)
> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> atkbd: the current kbd controller command byte 0047
> atkbd: keyboard ID 0xffffffff (1)
> atkbd: failed to reset the keyboard.
> kbd0 at atkbd0
> kbd0: atkbd0, AT 84 (1), config:0x0, flags:0x3d0000
> atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> psm0: current command byte:0047
> psm0: failed to reset the aux device.
> bt0: not probed (disabled)
> cs0: not probed (disabled)
> ed0: not probed (disabled)
> fdc0 failed to probe at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
> fe0: not probed (disabled)
> ie0: not probed (disabled)
> lnc0: not probed (disabled)
> ppc0: parallel port found at 0x278
> ppc0: using extended I/O port range
> ppc0: ECP SPP ECP+EPP SPP
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x278-0x27f irq 7 on isa0
> ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold
> ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
> plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
> plip0: bpf attached
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
> sc0: fb0, kbd0, terminal emulator: sc (syscons terminal)
> sio0: irq maps: 0x221 0x231 0x221 0x221
> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> sio1: port may not be enabled
> sio1: irq maps: 0x221 0x221 0x221 0x221
> sio1: probe failed test(s): 0 1 2 4 6 7 9
> sio1 failed to probe at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
> sio2: not probed (disabled)
> sio3: not probed (disabled)
> sn0: not probed (disabled)
> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
> vt0: not probed (disabled)
> isa_probe_children: probing PnP devices
> unknown: <PNP0401> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0401> at port 0x278-0x27f on isa0
> unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (irq)
> unknown: <PNP0501> at port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 4 on isa0
> unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0501> at port 0x3f8-0x3ff on isa0
> unknown: <PNPb02f> failed to probe at port 0x200-0x207 on isa0
> unknown: <PNPb006> failed to probe at port 0x300-0x301 irq 10 on isa0
> psmcpnp0: <PS/2 mouse port> at irq 12 on isa0
> psm0: current command byte:0047
> psm0: failed to reset the aux device.
> unknown: <PNP0c01> can't assign resources (memory)
> unknown: <PNP0c01> at iomem 0-0x9ffff,0x100000-0x3fffffff,0xe8000-0xeffff,0xf0000-0xf3fff,0xf4000-0xf7fff,0xf8000-0xfffff,0xdbc00-0xdbfff on isa0
> unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0303> at port 0x60 on isa0
> unknown: <PNP0800> failed to probe at port 0x61 on isa0
> ums0: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse, rev 2.00/21.00, addr 2, iclass 3/1
> ums0: 8 buttons and Z dir.
> ukbd0: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard, rev 1.10/15.00, addr 2, iclass 3/1
> kbd: new array size 4
> kbd1 at ukbd0
> kbd1: ukbd0, generic (0), config:0x0, flags:0x1d0000
> uhid0: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard, rev 1.10/15.00, addr 2, iclass 3/1
> ugen0: vendor 0x067b product 0x2303, rev 1.10/2.02, addr 2
> Device configuration finished.
> procfs registered
> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2400098244 Hz quality 800
> Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
> lo0: bpf attached
> rr232x: no controller detected.
> ata0-slave: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UDMA100 cable=80 wire
> ata0-master: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UDMA100 cable=80 wire
> ad0: setting PIO4 on 963 chip
> ad0: 76319MB <Seagate ST380021A 3.19> at ata0-master PIO4
> ad0: 156301488 sectors [155061C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/interrupt 1 depth queue
> GEOM: new disk ad0
> ad0: Silicon Integrated Systems check1 failed
> ad0: Adaptec check1 failed
> ad0: LSI (v3) check1 failed
> ad0: LSI (v2) check1 failed
> ad0: FreeBSD check1 failed
> ad1: setting PIO4 on 963 chip
> ad1: 76319MB <Seagate ST380021A 3.19> at ata0-slave PIO4
> ad1: 156301488 sectors [155061C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/interrupt 1 depth queue
> GEOM: new disk ad1
> ad1: Silicon Integrated Systems check1 failed
> ad1: Adaptec check1 failed
> ad1: LSI (v3) check1 failed
> ad1: LSI (v2) check1 failed
> ad1: FreeBSD check1 failed
> ata1: reiniting channel ..
> ata1: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=00 ostat1=00
> ata1: stat0=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x14 msb=0xeb
> ata1: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x14 msb=0xeb
> ata1: reset tp2 stat0=00 stat1=00 devices=0xc<ATAPI_SLAVE,ATAPI_MASTER>
> ata1: reinit done ..
> ata1: reiniting channel ..
> ata1: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=00 ostat1=00
> ata1: stat0=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x14 msb=0xeb
> ata1: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x14 msb=0xeb
> ata1: reset tp2 stat0=00 stat1=00 devices=0xc<ATAPI_SLAVE,ATAPI_MASTER>
> ata1: reinit done ..
> ata1-master: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UDMA33 cable=80 wire
> acd0: setting PIO4 on 963 chip
> acd0: <PLEXTOR DVDR PX-740A/1.02> DVDR drive at ata1 as master
> acd0: read 8268KB/s (8268KB/s) write 8268KB/s (8268KB/s), 2048KB buffer, PIO4
> acd0: Reads: CDR, CDRW, CDDA stream, DVDROM, DVDR, packet
> acd0: Writes: CDR, CDRW, DVDR, test write, burnproof
> acd0: Audio: play, 2 volume levels
> acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray, unlocked
> acd0: Medium: no/blank disc
> ata4-master: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UDMA100 cable=80 wire
> ad8: setting PIO4 on PDC20376 chip
> ad8: 114473MB <Seagate ST3120022A 3.06> at ata4-master PIO4
> ad8: 234441648 sectors [232581C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/interrupt 1 depth queue
> GEOM: new disk ad8
> ata4: reiniting channel ..
> ata4: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=58 ostat1=00
> ata4: stat0=0x80 err=0x80 lsb=0x80 msb=0x80
> ata4: stat0=0x90 err=0x90 lsb=0x90 msb=0x90
> ata4: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1<ATA_MASTER>
> ata4: reinit done ..
> ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=234441585
> ad8: Promise read metadata failed
> ata4: reiniting channel ..
> ata4: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=58 ostat1=00
> ata4: stat0=0x80 err=0x80 lsb=0x80 msb=0x80
> ata4: stat0=0x90 err=0x90 lsb=0x90 msb=0x90
> ata4: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1<ATA_MASTER>
> ata4: reinit done ..
> ad8: TIMEOUT - READ retrying (1 retry left) LBA=0
> ata4: reiniting channel ..
> ata4: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=58 ostat1=00
> ata4: stat0=0x80 err=0x80 lsb=0x80 msb=0x80
> ata4: stat0=0x90 err=0x90 lsb=0x90 msb=0x90
> ata4: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1<ATA_MASTER>
> ata4: reinit done ..
> ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=234441631
> ad8: Adaptec read metadata failed
> ata4: reiniting channel ..
> ata4: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=58 ostat1=00
> ata4: stat0=0x80 err=0x80 lsb=0x80 msb=0x80
> ata4: stat0=0x90 err=0x90 lsb=0x90 msb=0x90
> ata4: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1<ATA_MASTER>
> ata4: reinit done ..
> ad8: TIMEOUT - READ retrying (0 retries left) LBA=0
> ata4: reiniting channel ..
> ata4: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=58 ostat1=00
> ata4: stat0=0x80 err=0x80 lsb=0x80 msb=0x80
> ata4: stat0=0x90 err=0x90 lsb=0x90 msb=0x90
> ata4: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1<ATA_MASTER>
> ata4: reinit done ..
> ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=234441644
> ad8: LSI (v3) read metadata failed
> ata4: reiniting channel ..
> ata4: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=58 ostat1=00
> ata4: stat0=0x80 err=0x80 lsb=0x80 msb=0x80
> ata4: stat0=0x90 err=0x90 lsb=0x90 msb=0x90
> ata4: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1<ATA_MASTER>
> ata4: reinit done ..
> ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=0
> ad8: LSI (v2) check1 failed
> ata4: reiniting channel ..
> ata4: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=58 ostat1=00
> ata4: stat0=0x80 err=0x80 lsb=0x80 msb=0x80
> ata4: stat0=0x90 err=0x90 lsb=0x90 msb=0x90
> ata4: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1<ATA_MASTER>
> ata4: reinit done ..
> ad8: FAILURE - READ timed out LBA=234441585
> ad8: FreeBSD read metadata failed
> ATA PseudoRAID loaded
> ata4: reiniting channel ..
> ata4: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=58 ostat1=00
> ata4: stat0=0x80 err=0x80 lsb=0x80 msb=0x80
> ata4: stat0=0x90 err=0x90 lsb=0x90 msb=0x90
> ata4: stat0=0x50 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: stat1=0x00 err=0x01 lsb=0x00 msb=0x00
> ata4: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1<ATA_MASTER>
> ad8: setting PIO4 on PDC20376 chip
> ata4: reinit done ..
> ad8: TIMEOUT - READ retrying (1 retry left) LBA=0
> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad1s1a
> start_init: trying /sbin/init
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Well, after thinking a bit over why my system would only boot in "safe 
mode", I remembered that when I edited /boot/beastie.4th, there were a 
lot of other flags set during safe mode. So I thought that maybe, just 
disabling dma and write caching would let me boot my system, otherwise 
normally, and thereby effectively narrowing down the problem to dma and 
write caching. However, to my surprise the problem did not go away when 
I merely disabled dma and wc. So I tried the other options in my 
loader.conf. Finally, the system booted with only hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 
and loader.acpi_disabled_by_user=1 set.
Great. Only one problem -
What are the issues of running a system without ACPI? Will my 
screen/harddrives/everything else be in a constant power-on state? Is 
there a way to work around this problem without disabling ACPI entirely?

Thanks for any help.


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