Tejun over on the LKML has created a patch that solved the issue for me. I recommend anyone having this problem try the patch and report directly to the kernel list on whether or not it fixed the issue. Hopefully the change will be put into the upstream code and this bug can be closed.
Here is the link again to the discussion: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1170613 -- SATA DVD drive not detected in Jaunty (testing) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344093 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