--- rc.hald.orig	2007-06-22 12:04:59.000000000 +0100
+++ rc.hald.new		2007-06-22 12:05:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Start/stop/restart the hal daemon:
 
+# The LSI SCSI driver barfs when HALd is running inside QEMU:
+# It worked in previous versions though.  
+if grep -q ARM-Versatile /proc/cpuinfo ; then echo "HAL not started - it causes problems on ARM Versatile inside QEMU" ; exit ; fi
+
 PIDFILE=/var/run/hald.pid
 
 hal_start() {