The CDROM works fine still...I just get that message when I power on. If a CD is in the drive, I do not get the message. I am using Ubuntu 7.04.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-08-03 08:06 cdrom -> scd0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-08-03 08:06 cdrw -> scd0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-08-03 08:06 dvd -> scd0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-08-03 08:06 dvdrw -> scd0
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2007-08-03 08:06 scd0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-08-03 08:06 sr0 -> scd0