With 2.6.20 kernel I'm suffering of another bug (probably unrelated) https://launchpad.net/bugs/86169 that causes a kernel panic. Currently I'm booting with the option acpi=off (that resolves the panic) and pci=nomsi (to get the disk recognized). I tried both pci=noacpi and acpi=noirq with and without acpi=off. If i omit acpi=off i get a kernel panic with both options. If i use acpi=off with both options the disk is not recognized as described above.
Linux studio-ubuntu 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 01:14:41 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux Attached probably useful files ** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6494752/dmesg.log -- Sata disk not identified during install (Ati sb600) https://launchpad.net/bugs/75055 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs