Comment 74 for bug 148466

I've tracked this down some more. This is definitely a kernel problem, probably
in the pata_serverworks module, and was introduced with kernel 2.6.23.

I tried to read the F8 cd in the current F7 install and it failed. If I revert
back to 2.6.22.9-91 it works, but 2.6.23.1-21 fails.

The drive seems to be identified the same under both kernels (modprobe
pata_serverworks output is the same), but under 2.6.23 I can't read any data
from it. I'm assuming that F8 install media uses the newer kernel and therfore
won't boot once it moves to using its own driver.