Quote Originally Posted by Harry Kuhman
..., but Knoppix has always worked well with VIA based MBs for me and I have not seen a report of such a missing driver.
It's not a VIA based MB i use. I am using a Kontron KT965 (intel Q965 chipset), and because of no ide connector onboard i am using an ide controller which is connected via pci to connect the cd device to the motherboard.