diff --git a/BaS_gcc/run_bas.bdm b/BaS_gcc/run_bas.bdm
index 223d43e..30b4c32 100755
--- a/BaS_gcc/run_bas.bdm
+++ b/BaS_gcc/run_bas.bdm
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ sleep 10
 
 # set VBR
 write-ctrl 0x0801 0x00000000
+
 # Turn on MBAR at 0xFF00_0000
 write-ctrl 0x0C0F 0xFF000000
+
 # Turn on RAMBAR0 at address FF10_0000 
 write-ctrl 0x0C04 0xFF100007
-# Turn on RAMBAR1 at address FF10_1000 
-write-ctrl 0x0C05 0xFF101001
+
+# Turn on RAMBAR1 at address FF10_1000 (disabled - not mapped by bdm currently)
+#write-ctrl 0x0C05 0xFF101001
 
 # Init CS0 (BootFLASH @ E000_0000 - E07F_FFFF 8Mbytes)
 write 0xFF000500 0xE0000000 4
diff --git a/BaS_gcc/sources/init_fpga.c b/BaS_gcc/sources/init_fpga.c
index af87664..0800f78 100644
--- a/BaS_gcc/sources/init_fpga.c
+++ b/BaS_gcc/sources/init_fpga.c
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ void init_fpga(void)
 		}
 	} while ((!(MCF_GPIO_PPDSDR_FEC1L & FPGA_CONF_DONE)) && (fpga_data < (uint8_t *) FPGA_FLASH_DATA_END));
 
-#ifdef _NOT_USED_ /* doesn't seem to be needed */
 	if (fpga_data < (uint8_t *) FPGA_FLASH_DATA_END)
 	{
 		while (fpga_data++ < (uint8_t *) FPGA_FLASH_DATA_END)
@@ -102,12 +101,10 @@ void init_fpga(void)
 			MCF_GPIO_PODR_FEC1L |= FPGA_CLOCK;
 			MCF_GPIO_PODR_FEC1L &= ~FPGA_CLOCK;
 		}
-
 		xprintf("finished\r\n");
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		xprintf("FAILED!\r\n");
 	}
-#endif /* _NOT_USED_ */
 }
diff --git a/BaS_gcc/sources/mmu.S b/BaS_gcc/sources/mmu.S
index 053110a..312d785 100644
--- a/BaS_gcc/sources/mmu.S
+++ b/BaS_gcc/sources/mmu.S
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ _mmu_init:
 		move.l	d2,MCF_MMU_MMUOR						// setzen data
 		move.l	d3,MCF_MMU_MMUOR						// setzen instr
 
-#ifdef _NOT_USED_
 // 1ff0'0000 locked (FIXME: why is this?)
 		move.l	#0x1FF00000|std_mmutr,d0
 		move.l	#0x1FF00000|copyback_mmudr|MCF_MMU_MMUDR_LK,d1
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ _mmu_init:
 		move.l	d1,MCF_MMU_MMUDR
 		move.l	d3,MCF_MMU_MMUOR						// setzen instr
 */
-#endif /* _NOT_USED_ */
 		move.l	(sp)+,d2			// Restore registers
 		move.l	(sp)+,d3
 		rts
diff --git a/BaS_gcc/sources/sysinit.c b/BaS_gcc/sources/sysinit.c
index 0f2701b..92da8bf 100644
--- a/BaS_gcc/sources/sysinit.c
+++ b/BaS_gcc/sources/sysinit.c
@@ -902,6 +902,10 @@ void initialize_hardware(void) {
 			break;
 	}
 
+	/* make sure MMU is disabled */
+	MCF_MMU_MMUCR = 0;	/* MMU off */
+	NOP();								/* force pipeline sync */
+
 	/*
 	 * Determine the processor revision
 	 */
@@ -919,10 +923,7 @@ void initialize_hardware(void) {
 	//video_1280_1024();
 	init_ac97();
 
-	xprintf("copying BaS data (%p - %p) to RAM (%p)\r\n", BAS_LMA, BAS_LMA + BAS_SIZE, BAS_IN_RAM);
-	/* The linker script will ensure that the Bas size
-	 * is a multiple of the following.
-	 */
+	xprintf("copying BaS data (%p - %p) to RAM (%p - %p)\r\n", BAS_LMA, BAS_LMA + BAS_SIZE, BAS_IN_RAM, BAS_IN_RAM + BAS_SIZE);
 	memcpy((void *) BAS_IN_RAM, BAS_LMA, BAS_SIZE);
 	xprintf("finished.\r\n");