diff -ru rockbox-19602-broken/firmware/drivers/ata.c rockbox-19602-dma/firmware/drivers/ata.c
--- rockbox-19602-broken/firmware/drivers/ata.c	2008-12-28 00:52:25.908200000 -0500
+++ rockbox-19602-dma/firmware/drivers/ata.c	2008-12-28 00:44:44.904000000 -0500
@@ -254,7 +254,12 @@
 {
     if (!wait_for_bsy())
         return 0;
+#ifdef HAVE_ATA_DMA
+    return (ATA_ALT_STATUS & (STATUS_BSY|STATUS_RDY|STATUS_DF|STATUS_DRQ|STATUS_ERR)) == STATUS_RDY;
+#else 
+    /* WARNING FIXME TODO: This is probably broken and doesn't check for errors */
     return (ATA_ALT_STATUS & (STATUS_RDY|STATUS_DRQ)) == STATUS_RDY;
+#endif
 }    
 
 #if (CONFIG_LED == LED_REAL)