Hi Charlie, > I do have an old and no longer working CD-ROM drive in the box that may still > be connected. That will indeed explain these: > usb error control pipe 16 > usb error ohci -1: error while setting device address > > some more usb errors > > ata 1 error: timeout waiting for interrupt Time to open the box and remove what is not usefull anymore :-) On a more serious tone, Haiku should handle such situation better than it does currently, aka panicking. At least, this kind of fatal loader error some be display on screen, not hidden in some obscure log. Feel free to file an enhancement ticket. Bye, Philippe.