One thing I noticed is that you have the file type incorrect. CDROMs use iso9660. I would try this first: mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom if it returns an error that the file system must be specified: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Both of the above make two assumptions which are valid on the Linux systems I have played with. The one thing is that not all systems have the cdrom subdirectory. If the /dev/cdrom doesn't work then you will have to use the hd specification for its location. Keep in mind that they aren't always sequential. If the drive is set to the master on secondary then it will be hdc even if there is no hdb present. Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net ------------------ Why can't you be a non-conformist, like everybody else?