Thanks, Leann, the 'all_generic_ide' option fixes it for me. My HD still shows up as /dev/sda rather than /dev/hda (which isn't a problem in itself), but a 'cat /dev/urandom > ~/test' no longer clogs up the system. I'm attaching the dmesg that I get after I've booted with 'all_generic_ide', in case that should be helpful.
** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13364316/dmesg.log -- [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205945 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
