I understand OpenBSD and FreeBSD so I am not totally new, but have 
never tried NetBSD until today.

I am seeing something on dmesg that concerns me on my IDE:

pcib0: ServerWorks CSB5 southbridge (rev. 0x93)
rccide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 1
rccide0: ServerWorks CSB5 IDE Controller (rev. 0x93)
rccide0: bus-master DMA support present
rccide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
rccide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
atabus0 at rccide0 channel 0
rccide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
rccide0: secondary channel interrupting at irq 15
atabus1 at rccide0 channel 1

'compatibility mode'?

and then when I look at the drives:
wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <HDS728080PLAT20>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd0: 78533 MB, 159560 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 160836480 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
wd0(rccide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 
(Ultra/33) (using DMA)
wd1 at atabus1 drive 0: <ST3802110A>
wd1: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd1: 76319 MB, 155061 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 156301488 sectors
wd1: 32-bit data port
wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd1(rccide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 
(Ultra/33) (using DMA)


its not using the highest the controller can support (Ultra-DMA mode 5)
and I dont understand why. If I installed Open or FreeBSD on this 
same machine..the speeds are setup correctly.

any tips on how I can fix this?

thanks-

-JD