Re: System still hangs with "ata1-master: TIMEOUT - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE"

Jon Noack wrote:
> On 1/29/2004 6:02 AM, Panagiotis Astithas wrote:
>> I found out that booting with "Safe mode" (I knew there should be some 
>> use for it :-)) allows me to complete the process and get to 
>> sysinstall, in both 5.2-RELEASE & the -current snapshot from 24/1. But 
>> I tried to do the same from the loader prompt, to no avail. I used the 
>> following and then "boot" or "boot -v" but every attempt resulted in 
>> the traditional freeze.
>>
>> unset acpi_load
>> set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1
>> set loader.acpi_disabled_by_user=1
>> set hw.ata.ata_dma=0
>> set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0
>> set hw.ata.wc=0
>> set hw.eisa_slots=0
>>
>>  From what I can tell from the beastie.4th file, that is all that 
>> should be needed. Am I missing something?
> 
> 
> You missed disabling apic:
> set hint.apic.0.disabled=1

Bingo!
But I still can't see how it is being set via the loader's "Safe mode" 
option. Granted, my forth skills are lacking, but an inquiring mind 
needs to know :-)

Thanks,
-- 
Panagiotis Astithas
Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD
Network Management Center
National Technical University of Athens, Greece