Here's a fresh dmesg. Recalcitrante - did "hdparm -d1" etc work after modifying
the kernel? I am not a programmer (some may have guessed...;) so messing around
with the kernel is a bit like a layman performing brain surgery. So. Should I
wait until there is an official fix, or attempt to learn
Must report same problem. I have an oldish laptop (about 5 yrs), a Dell
Latitude D500. I replaced the old HD which died last week with a brand
new one, tried all the boot modifications, with no luck. Seeing this
problem was introduced in the Feisty version,.and it has a serious
impact on those it a