u need to make sure that your cdrom is using the iso9660 filesystem. check in /etc/fstab. here's what my /etc/fstab looks like. # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hdc1 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hdc2 /usr/home ext3 defaults 0 2 hth -- Shaun Oliver "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person." email: shaun_oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx WEB: http://blindman.homelinux.org/ IRC: irc.awesomechat.net:6666 IRCNICK: blindman _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list