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Old 4th May 2008
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Originally Posted by BSDfan666 View Post
... 4.3 enabled DMA on 1-sector devices, but it shouldn't be enabled if you device doesn't support it.
The machine's BIOS shows this CF as a 1-sector device .

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Originally Posted by BSDfan666 View Post
In the boot UKC, change the flags for wd* devices to 0xcff, this will force a PIO 4 mode and leave DMA/UDMA disabled.
That's my thinking too.

openBSD seems ok; it just momentarily stalls the boot while it times out, and then figures it out.

Moral of the story... use transcend brand cf ... true ide and udma rocks! (This particular cf is an off brand gifted to me.)

Thanks,
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