installing ubuntu with philips dvd rw drive

[Bram Kuijper]

Hi all,
I try to install ubuntu 6.10 (alternate cd install) on a Intel E 6400 
Core 2 duo box having a Philips DVD RW drive of the type 803DW1650.

However, after the ubuntu cd has been booted and my keyboard has been 
detected, the installer complains that it cannot recognize the type of 
my dvd drive and that I need to load a floppy with an additional driver 
for my dvd drive.

apparently, the dvd driver is too new to have any drivers associated 
with it (www.linux-drivers.org even hasn't got any driver for any 
Philips dvd drive).

Is there any generic driver around which is not already on the ubuntu 
install cd that I could try?

cheers,
Bram