Charles Atkinson, I don't think your problem is the same as that of the Original Poster. The OP's report does not have the 'attempt to access beyond end of device' error message which you and I have. See this post for a bit more analysis of the problem by me:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/244445/comments/14 I just investigated your workaround a bit. You're right that HAL is involved. I killed HAL and udev and was then able to mount disks successfully. -- DVD writer not working since hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228624 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