Did you look at the known problems here: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/pcmcia.html#knownproblems
Maybe the kernel-option "pci=assign-busses" helps. -- pcmcia detection locks up my laptop [also dapper flight 5] https://launchpad.net/bugs/20781 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
