Was able to reproduce this on my ws6 install. I also get a lot of Exception Emask messages. The piix (ide) module seems to work better for this device, so switching back to it.
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- [vmware] ata1: reset failed, giving up https://launchpad.net/bugs/94637 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs