Another question: How can a supress these messages from filling up my syslog file? Mar 1 01:31:26 localhost kernel: cdrom: open failed. Mar 1 01:31:57 localhost last message repeated 15 times Mar 1 01:31:59 localhost kernel: cdrom: open failed. Mar 1 01:32:01 localhost kernel: cdrom: open failed. I've got 'noauto' in /etc/fstab. I've also shut down 'autofs' So far the only way I can stop them is to put a cd in the drive. I'd prefer not not have any kind of auto mount system running if that helps. Thanks again. My fstab entries: /dev/hdc /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/scd1 /media/zip auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0