Comment 3 for bug 17366

(In reply to comment #2)
> I have tried and confirmed the following solution from ubuntu forums. We need
> something to automatically select the correct ide controller module and modify
> the relevant config files. On my Intel P4 system the module was "piix".

There already exists a facility for loading the correct driver via hotplug, so
no configuration changes (manual or automatic) should be necessary.

Was this only a problem for you during bootup (i.e., could you use hdparm after
booting successfully?)? If so, this is a duplicate of bug #11646.

Otherwise, please send "lspci" and "lspci -n" output to show us which controller
you have.