The original bug here is that ATAPI drives were not being detected by libata. That issue was fixed by enabling ATAPI in the libata header.
If people are still having issues, they are need to file separate bug reports. Most likely it is a case of the PATA/SATA driver not being present, so include lspci -vv and lspci -vvn output for your system. -- ATAPI CD-ROM not detected in system with SATA https://launchpad.net/bugs/8196 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
