Comment 3 for bug 8939

(In reply to comment #2)
> After a few years of using Linux with various distro, I don't think I ever had
> to manually add a kernel module for something as basic as a ide cdrom drive;
> which tell me this could have been a bit more user friendly.

As you might guess from the fact that there are NOT thousands of other people
asking the same question, your experience is an exception.

Did you install from one these CD-ROM drives? Were they detected OK by the
installer?

What kind of hard disks do you have?