I figured I'd make the entries in Fstab hdc instead of cdrom. There were 2. Now there's one entry with cdrom, no error message, and the the cdrom is totally undetected. I don't use this machine much, but a working cdrom would be a wonderful thing. TIA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com