################################################################# # Searchable keywords: mount iso iso9660 automount There are several ways to mount a cdrom under linux. Using automounter(/usr/sbin/amd -a)(/usr/sbin/automouXX) If automounter is configured to mount the cdrom device on /misc/cd, should be able to ..... linux% cd /misc/cd This in turn will use automouonter to mount the cd device to /misc/cd. The config files for automounter are /etc/auto.master and in this case /etc/auto.misc. mount as a user is allowed y default but then you have to wait for the timeout(see /etc/auto.misc) or Hard mount the CD(this assumes you have found the CD device at hdc you can discover the cdrom by viewing dmesgs) mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/hdc /mnt See also Intel_linux_notes/mount_cdrom #######################################################################