Sorry for not answering earlier - I have been without internet connection. I have found what seems to be a workaround. Don't ask me how it is supposed to work, though :D
Apparently, when I boot up using the Edgy CD I downloaded and choosing "Boot from first hard disk" from the menu, the CD gets put in the "mrw address space DMA" (whatever that is) and the system may go on happily for days (very rarely I get a hangup, but it would be like one in a week or so. I don't know why that happens (note that the only thing from the CD that gets executed is the bootloader), but it seems to be reliable... Cheers -- ata_piix problem with Intel ICH7 chipset https://launchpad.net/bugs/53754 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
