Comment 10 for bug 161791

Same problem for me.
I can also add that it is the same with Hardy Alpha2 :

Dec 31 18:18:26 pc-fixe2 kernel: [ 4383.667240] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Dec 31 18:19:31 pc-fixe2 kernel: [ 4448.438064] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0

py@pc-fixe2:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for py:

Disque /dev/sda: 74.3 Go, 74355769344 octets
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9039 cylinders
Units = cylindres of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1ef61ef5

Périphérique Amorce Début Fin Blocs Id Système
/dev/sda1 * 1 2550 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 2551 6005 27752287+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 6006 6248 1951897+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4 7711 9024 10549248 de Dell Utility

Disque /dev/sdb: 203.9 Go, 203928109056 octets
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders
Units = cylindres of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe4f5e90f

Périphérique Amorce Début Fin Blocs Id Système
/dev/sdb1 1 20230 162497443+ b W95 FAT32