I also upgraded from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 alfa 5
I can confirm that the bug has been solved, just as Paulo commented before.
Unfortunately, the SSD of this computer (Eee PC 701, 512MB + 4GB SSD) does not seem to improve on UDMA66 mode:
$ sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1: Timing buffered disk reads: 66 MB in 3.02 seconds = 21.83 MB/sec
I also upgraded from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 alfa 5
I can confirm that the bug has been solved, just as Paulo commented before.
Unfortunately, the SSD of this computer (Eee PC 701, 512MB + 4GB SSD) does not seem to improve on UDMA66 mode:
$ sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1:
Timing buffered disk reads: 66 MB in 3.02 seconds = 21.83 MB/sec