On Wednesday 09 April 2008, Chris Searle wrote: > If it can't be done at the start but can be done at the busybox prompt > before continuing then this would also be very helpful. # cat /proc/ide/hda/settings name value min max mode ---- ----- --- --- ---- acoustic 0 0 254 rw [...] using_dma 1 0 1 rw wcache 1 0 1 rw Value of 1 for "using_dma" means it is enabled. Change it with: # echo "using_dma:0" >/proc/ide/hda/settings Cheers, FJP