---
title: FreeBSD hangs during boot with USB drives attached
kind: blog
description: On an i386 box FreeBSD 9.2-STABLE would hang during boot if (and only if) I had some USB drives attached to the machine.
words: 19
readingMinutes: 1
created: '2013-12-30T19:47:30.000Z'
updated: '2026-06-27T21:03:45+02:00'
tags:
  - freebsd
  - system-administration
---
Adding the following line to `/boot/loader.conf` seemed to mitigate the issue:

```text
hw.usb.no_boot_wait="1"
```

In my case I had to create this file.