> For FreeBSD try configuring wdc0/wdc1 with 'flags' 0xa0ffa0ff. That will > try to enable DMA or 32-bit PIO and multi-sector transfers. > > - ad Yes, that does it. For good measure, I used 0xB0FF, which adds LBA access in place of CHS. FreeBSD 3.3 now performs normally for where it is. Thanks for the tip. --Jim Howard <jiho@mail.c-zone.net>