http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8816 To summarize: Drive size changes between Debian kernels 2.6.8-4 and 2.6.10-1 due stroke being enabled by default. Kernels after 2.6.13-1 probe the last sector when propably looking for partitions and the drive fails silently and loudly after 2.6.16-2. Kernel thinks the drive shouldn't fail... -Mikko