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  1. Bug #190492
  2. Comment #34

Comment 34 for bug 190492

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Jorge Morais (jorgemorais) wrote :

(In response to immediately previous post, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/190492/comments/33)
>Using the pci=nomsi switch is completely safe and harmless.
 Where did you get that information?

And more importantly
>However, this bug seems to be fixed in the 2.6.27 kernel.
 No. I tried to install from the final release alternate Kubuntu 8.10 CD and got hit by the problem. To install, I had to manually used pci=nomsi (using F6 to edit the kernel parameters).
Also, I recently (on 2008-11-21) updated the system and tried removing the pci=nomsi workaround from menu.lst. Didn't work, so the workaround is still needed.

I don't know why your Sata DVD drive now works, but for me the problem has remained the same until now.
I have no idea whether this but affects Sata DVD drivers differently from Sata HD drives, or if your bug was a different one.