CD-ROM drives connected to SATA controllers not detected
Cause for the drives not being detected is that libata ATAPI support
is not enabled in the kernel as the upstream kernel developers do
not yet consider it mature. It is expected to be enabled in 2.6.16 kernels.
A workaround(http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataAtapiHowto)
is available that will allow users to enable ATAPI support manually for the
installation and the installed system