For what it's worth, my IDE controller is reported as follows in device manager:
Vendor: nVidia Corporation Device: MCP51 IDE info.linux.driver: AMD_IDE pci.product_id: 613 (0x265) -- [feisty] kernel 2.6.20-15 (generic) fails to boot owing to revalidation failure on ATA hdd https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106659 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs