Comment 47 for bug 110636

Since it's now almost certainly too late to fix in Gutsy, I've added the hardy kernel as 'Incomplete'. I've also done a little research into the problem; it appears to be a known problem with libata and certain chipsets: http://linux-ata.org/faq.html#combined

The link above suggests several remedies to the problem:

    * Recommended (where BIOS permits): Change BIOS IDE mode from "legacy" or "combined" mode to "AHCI" (recommended), "RAID" or "native".
    * Boot with the kernel commandline parameter "combined_mode=libata" or "combined_mode=ide" to allow the specified driver to claim all IDE ports.
    * Disable libata (CONFIG_ATA) entirely, and enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA.
    * (newer choice, with less field testing) Disable CONFIG_IDE, and permit libata to run all your IDE and SATA ports.

What we need now is confirmation that these workarounds - *particularly* the recommended one - work with the bug. Since Hardy is now the development version, it would be most helpful to receive notification that the bug is still present *IN HARDY*, *AFTER* the fixes are in place - although I'm sure we'd prefer to hear that this *does* fix it.