I can only confirm; the same happens since upgrade from dapper to edgy (using aptitude) I use a Dell inspiron 9400 with SATA harddisk 160Gb (don't ask me about brand). Windows on the same machine still shuts down properly.
-- bad hard disk noise on shutdown https://launchpad.net/bugs/67810 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
