Comment 27 for bug 986654

I remain of the opinion that the root issue here is a subtle timing issue.
I spent a tremendous amount of time on this. I have thrashed two old PATA drives to death. Now, the most recent drive I recovered and am using does not have the issue (the drive is a little slower than the others I had tried in the past).

Yes, I must have mistyped that bug number reference, but now a year and half later and from what little I recall about it, I don't think it is relevant.