#################################################### # Searchable keywords: mount cdrom iso iso9660 I believe there are several devices that can represent the cdrom one being /dev/cdrom Because automounter is NOT running the following entry in the /etc/fstab file does NOT work. # cat /etc/fstab ......................... snip /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0 snip.......................... Otherwise you could simple type "mount /mnt/cdrom" at the prompt. #------ A simple mounting sctipt to manually mount the cdrom ---------# # # # Mount the cdrom device on myhost # # a red hat 6.2 intel linux # # Aug 13 2006 Gary Keen # # echo echo "Mounting the cdrom device on /mnt/cdrom" echo # mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom # mount |grep cdrom # NOTE: I thought there was also a way to specify a device like sr0 See also Sparc-LinuxNotes/mnt_cdrom