--- rc.hald.new.orig	2010-01-15 19:44:59.084804339 +0000
+++ rc.hald.new	2010-01-15 19:45:19.020648931 +0000
@@ -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() {