I took the default Lucid kernel, applied this patch http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ide/msg37898.html, built it and this fixed this problem for me.
-- sata_via hard resetting link / freeze: exception Emask 0x12 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x1000500 action 0x6 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422994 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