Overflow the disk I/O buffer

Hello,
I am getting "overflow the disk I/O buffer" in my SSIS, and what's weird is that when I construct the same SSIS in a new package, it works perfectly. I almost want to believe that it could be a bug. Some days when I import the files, it works fine, but some days it errors out with this error on the last column. Is there some setting with CR/LF or LF that I have to pay attention to avoid this type of random error?
Thanks for your help!
-Lawrence

[Flat File Source [439]] Error: The column data for column "Avg Position" overflowed the disk I/O buffer.
[Flat File Source [439]] Error: An error occurred while skipping data rows.
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: The PrimeOutput method on component "Flat File Source" (439) returned error code 0xC0202091. The component returned a failure code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput(). The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component, but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing.
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: Thread "SourceThread0" has exited with error code 0xC0047038.
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: Thread "WorkThread0" received a shutdown signal and is terminating. The user requested a shutdown, or an error in another thread is causing the pipeline to shutdown.
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: Thread "WorkThread0" has exited with error code 0xC0047039.

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edited by the Jolly Green Giant (where Green stands for environmentally friendly)

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