The following reply was made to PR port-i386/36247; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "James Erickson" <psykojime@hotmail.com>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/36247: ata controller problem??
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 15:14:09 -0500

 your advice:
 
 boot -c
 disable acpi
 exit
 
 worked out well for me. thank you very kindly for your help!!
 
 
 >From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
 >Reply-To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 >To: port-i386-maintainer@netbsd.org, 
 >gnats-admin@netbsd.org,netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org, psykojime@hotmail.com
 >Subject: Re: port-i386/36247: ata controller problem??
 >Date: Thu,  3 May 2007 20:00:09 +0000 (UTC)
 >
 >The following reply was made to PR port-i386/36247; it has been noted by 
 >GNATS.
 >
 >From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
 >To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 >Cc: port-i386-maintainer@NetBSD.org, gnats-admin@NetBSD.org,
 >	netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org, psykojime@hotmail.com
 >Subject: Re: port-i386/36247: ata controller problem??
 >Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 21:59:05 +0200
 >
 >  On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 07:40:02PM +0000, James Erickson wrote:
 >  > The following reply was made to PR port-i386/36247; it has been noted 
 >by GNATS.
 >  >
 >  > From: "James Erickson" <psykojime@hotmail.com>
 >  > To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 >  > Cc:
 >  > Subject: Re: port-i386/36247: ata controller problem??
 >  > Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 14:36:37 -0500
 >  >
 >  >  msi k7n2 motherboard
 >  >  amd athlon xp 2800+ barton core
 >  >  756 megs ddr pc2700 crucial ram
 >  >  4 western digital 80 gb hard drives
 >  >  siig ultra ata controller card
 >  >  ati radeon 9700 pro video card
 >  >  turtle beach santa cruz sound card
 >  >  klipsch thx speakers and sub-woofer
 >  >  netgear wg311v3 wireless network adapter
 >  >
 >  >  knoppix 5.2 with 2.6.19 kernel
 >  >  freebsd 6.2-release
 >  >  openbsd 4.1 current
 >  >  netbsd 4.0 Daily
 >
 >  What boot media did you try ?
 >  If it was the boot floppy, please try i386/installation/boot.iso
 >  if it was an ISO image, please try to interrupt the boot count and
 >  enter:
 >  boot -c
 >  at the userconf prompt, enter
 >  disable acpi
 >  quit
 >
 >  --
 >  Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
 >       NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
 >  --
 >
 
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