> Ok, what is the CD you are trying to mount? Norton Antivirus. The DVD drive reads it just fine. > > # this is the standard CD format > mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 mount: block device /dev/cdrom2 is write protected, mounting read only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/cdrom2, or too many mounted file systems > # some windows cd's are fat systems (very rare) > mount -t vfat /dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 mount: block device /dev/cdrom2 is write protected, mounting read only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/cdrom2, or too many mounted file systems > # some linux rescue cds are native linux format > mount -t ext2 /dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 mount: block device /dev/cdrom2 is write protected, mounting read only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/cdrom2, or too many mounted file systems > > The other thing to make sure of is that it mounts ok with your other drive. > If you have a working DVD drive, stick a cd in there to test. It works fine in the other drive. Also tried other disks with results similar to those reported above. The above was attempted after turning off supermount and editing the fstab command as stated in your prior email. my head hurts