My Blu Ray drive in the lower bay is sometimes not recognized since upgrading to Mountain Lion.

I have a Mac Pro (2.6 GHz Quad Core Xeon, 6 Gb RAM) that I upgraded to Mountain Lion yesterday.  In the top optical drive bay I have the Apple super drive that came with the machine.  In the lower bay I added a Pioneer Blu Ray burner.  Since upgrading to 10.8, sometimes the Blu Ray drive is not recognized.  I discovered this morning that a restart doesn't solve the problem...I have to completely shut down, then restart, and then the drive will appear.

You paid for a license to use Mountain Lion & that license is forever tied to YOUR Apple ID. You cannot distribute Mountain Lion in any way shape or form. If you were to sell your computer, with Mountain Lion installed, as I've already provided, the new owner will never be able to update or restore OS X, should the need arise. You will have sold the new owner a huge bag of hurt.
Good luck.

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