This issue is similar to bug #95857. I have also this problem, I see messages like this
end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
and this
ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in
on Dell Latitude C640 with Ubuntu 7.10 (final). The boot halts for about 2 minutes, after that it continues.
This issue is similar to bug #95857. I have also this problem, I see messages like this 00:00:00/ 00:00:00: 00:00/e0 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 in
end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
and this
ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata1.00: cmd c8/00:08:
on Dell Latitude C640 with Ubuntu 7.10 (final). The boot halts for about 2 minutes, after that it continues.