I can confirm the fix. Successfully updated from Kubuntu 6.10 to Kubuntu 7.04 manually according to this method https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FeistyUpgradesManual
Asus P5B Deluxe, Jmicron IDE hdd. -- Crash from ide_pci from generic.ko for jmicron controllers https://launchpad.net/bugs/84964 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs