Sadly, this problem does not seem limited to the ata_piix driver. I just tried installing Intrepid to the CF card using the "all_generic_ide" boot parameter. I looked in syslog to verify that it was indeed using the generic ata driver. The install failed as usual somewhere around halfway through.
-- Ubuntu install to Compact Flash w/ ata_piix fails: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363786 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