I just had this problem. I am using Gnome with Debian and the /etc/fstab was pointing to /dev/cdrom. The /dev/cdrom was symlinked to /dev/cdrom0 but I installed the ide-scsi module for cd burning. To correct the problem, rm /dev/cdrom && ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom I hope that helps. To allow a user to mount a cdrom, su -c adduser <username> cdrom Jeff Rasmussen -----Original Message----- From: Chris Desjardins [mailto:cddesjar at hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:13 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [TCLUG] MOUNTING PROBLEMS!!!! Hi- I tried to mount a data cd and it told me that it could not mount /mnt/cdrom because /dev/cdrom is not a block device! Does anyone know what this means and how I can fix it? I am screwed right now because I can't use my cdrom drive at all and my good friends at Dell only included one drive on this! Also when I try to mount from my normal user ID it tells me only root user can mount cds. Thanks, Chris _________________________________________________________________ Dream of owning a home? Find out how in the First-time Home Buying Guide. http://special.msn.com/home/firsthome.armx _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list