I got this error with a ubuntu installation running as guest os in Parallels. I was using kernel:
2.6.32-22-generic-pae #33-Ubuntu SMP and / became read-only and the last line in syslog was: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen -- ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x807f SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285892 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs