Bug #360952 mentioned HPET (in fact I was the only one to comment on it). In any case.. The problem persists even after messing with HPET. So this did not solve it.
However, manually installing Linux kernel 2.6.29.3 from source DID solve the problem (or at least the symptoms). Seems like a serious bug to me! -- Corrupted file system ext3 after Jaunty 64 upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371191 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