I've tested the Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha5 Live-CD with the 2.6.27 kernel today. The hdd is recognized correctly, now! My Bios setting is still set to the AHCI Mode, but I didn't had to enter special parameters - the partition program worked fine.
(Maybe someone else could check, if the 2.6.26 kernel is working, too.)
I've tested the Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha5 Live-CD with the 2.6.27 kernel today. The hdd is recognized correctly, now! My Bios setting is still set to the AHCI Mode, but I didn't had to enter special parameters - the partition program worked fine.
(Maybe someone else could check, if the 2.6.26 kernel is working, too.)