Jeff Garzik wrote:

ahhhhhh, that may be a clue.  If you are attaching a PATA drive via a 
bridge, that is very different from attaching a SATA drive, in terms of 
field behavior across the controller spectrum.

There are limitations on bridges.  Does Brad Campbell's patch (attached) 
work for you?

I doubt it, thats why I had him compile up and test on a 2.6.5 kernel :p(
Sounds like a similar but different incompatibility.


Brad