Paul Rogers wrote in a message to All:

 PR> I've got a problem with a drive on a Linux system.  On the test 
 PR> bench I found it worked better with PIO mode 3.  Any ideas? 



 PR> Any ideas why it passes recertification on this machine, but Linux
 PR> complains?  Not sure if this is a hardware or Linux problem.  Sure
 PR> makes booting slow though!

This strikes me as being possibly a difference in what the BIOS of the two
machines will do.  Try sticking your linux boot drive on the machine where
it tests okay,  and see if dmesg shows the same stuff,  or different...

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