Comment 49 for bug 228624

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ZCarPilot (andy-smallforestcomputing) wrote :

I can confirm that this also occurs on a new Lenovo IdeaPad Y710, which has an IDE connected Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A. I was able to boot the install CD for the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 8.04 and install went fine, but the DVD/CD drive is not even seen after the initial reboot. Oddly, when booting the PC, the disk drive activity light stays on constantly until the CD drawer is opened - it then acts normally.

I don't even get the /dev/scd0 device, and I can't find anything in the DMESG output or the system logs that is meaningful to me.

I've tried the all_generic_ide=1 and that made no difference. I even set the region of the DVD drive (from the preinstalled Vista partition) to 1 and that did not make any difference either.

I'm thinking I might have to go back to Gutsy, or maybe even find another distro (nah, just kidding) - I really need to have a working CD/DVD/R/RW drive...