Hi,

check 
"http://www.fic.com.tw/techsupport/drivers/searchbios2.asp?selecte
dmodelname=VA-503%2B" or search for the latest BIOS. There 
are some versions that limit ATA 66 drives to ATA 33 to eliminate 
problems. You should check out your BIOS version and update if 
necessary.

HTH

mike

On 14 Aug 2001, at 7:38, Kevin DeKorte wrote:

> I have a FIC-503+ v 1.2a motherboard and a Maxtor 30MB
> ATA66 UDMA drive and when I try and install NetBSD
> using the floppies I keep getting reset errors on my
> hard drive. I had the same problem on Linux 2.4.x
> until I disabled the DMA in the kernel. Is the a BIOS
> update or something I can do to the install disk to
> make it so that I can boot and install and then use
> NetBSD?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
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