Comment 21 for bug 90795

Sorry, just a "me too" here:

cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"

date
Wed Jan 2 19:31:25 CET 2008

Same problem: long timeout, displayed complaint about CIFS (dont have the exact one here) then the system shuts down. I'll be looking into the suggested fixes, thanks for those DrCore, Philippe Clérié, Dmik et al!
And good luck (and happy new year ;) to all the dev's and users who keep on working to make ubuntu perfect!