Ok....

All I can say is that there are patches for kernel to get dvd drive running .... would post them but I do not see its going to help you much (let me if you do want to look!)

Was going to say try this iso by the gentoo guys but you cannot d/l or burn it

Onboard lan is working for me using my new box now, drives show up fine (beyond kernel!)

Now I have not got wireless lan working but again as board is new the drivers are too (problems compilin' atm)

How did I get my box running well I already had Linux installed on old machine using a live cd, usb pendrive & going into old install via chroot was able to set up lilo ... fstab etc ... & in the in end it boots

tried sata/ide drive adaptor that did not work for me ... although I think I may have plugged it in the wrong sata on mobo (ahead of hd's!)

No livecds atm do not work... but getting linux running on P5B (Jmicron!) yes my drives show up (sata!) but not dvd yet

Been using Linux for a few years now & know not to give up (not after I have spent all this money on this sweeet box!)

I'll help you as much as I can .....