Gutsy will not recognize dvdr

[Ed Miller]

James Takac wrote:
> On Sunday 18 November 2007 07:34:01 Ed Miller wrote:
>   
>> I reinstalled gutsy to make using my extra hard drive easier. I used my
>> dvd to install it. Now I am trying to use the dvd player to install
>> build-essentials but can't get Gutsy to recognize the dvd. It's not just
>> that dvd, it is any disc i put in the drive. I have also tried to get it
>> to recognize my external drive to no avail. Both of these drives worked
>> flawlessly with the old install. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Ed
>>     
>
>
> Hi Ed
>
> Do you per chance no the type of drive, i.e. sata or pata, maybe scsi? I had 
> the same on my other laptop before and I should check to to see if I need to 
> apply the workaround again as I reinstalled Gutsy fresh on it. Ok they fixed 
> what was the prob for me earlier in Gutsy
>
> I can remember having to do a 
>
> sudo modprobe piix
> sudo update-initramfs -u
>
> then editing /etc/modules adding the piix line to make it stick
>
> Just doing the modprobe should tell you if this is your prob as you should be 
> able to read from the drive again in that session if it is
>
> James
>
>   
Hi James
Thanks for the quick reply. I believe the drive is a pata. When I run 
modprobe piix it tells me the module does not exist. Any ideas where i 
can find it? I googled it and found some stuff but no downloads.

Thanks - Ed