I found the solution, and even though I'm a little embarrased to admit it, I'll write it here for posterity.:

It was the telnetd deamon. When I removed it from memory, my syncing went fine. Does anybody know why the telnetd would cause this issue?

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Brent
RioCar MK][a 20GB+80GB
'96 Saab 900s (Not any more)
Still looking for a good way to install in a 2010 BMW 3 series with iDrive/NAV