[ale] Missing Hardware and Non-Functional Software

[etpoole60 at comcast.net (Eugene Poole)]

I'm running Fedora 9 on a custom AMD Phenom Quad-Core with 8GB RAM 
installed, 2-SATA hard drives (Seagate 500GB and Seagate 1TB); HP DVD/CD 
RW Dual Layer with Lightscribe.
Lo and behold, I've updated my running (this machine) from kernel 
2.6.25-14 to kernel 2.6.27.19-78.2.30 (?) and have experienced the 
following:

      1.  My dual-layer DVD/RW and CD/RW drive has disappeared (it was 
/dev/sr0)
      The only messages I see that appear to be of concern are:

               [root at jpdsys3 log]# cat messages | grep -i reset | more
               Mar 22 14:46:30 jpdsys3 kernel: ata1: softreset failed 
(device not ready)
               Mar 22 14:46:30 jpdsys3 kernel: ata2: softreset failed 
(device not ready)
               Mar 22 14:53:55 jpdsys3 kernel: ata1: softreset failed 
(device not ready)
               Mar 22 14:53:55 jpdsys3 kernel: ata2: softreset failed 
(device not ready)
      All of the devices are SATA.

      2.  My ability to share specific file systems via NFS has also 
disappeared (I have no idea what has caused this)
      I don't see any messages that appear to reference this.

TIA,
Gene