When you mount a volume what ever it may be, it may need to be fully notated. mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Now it might not be called /dev/cdrom it might be somethine else. /dev/cdrom is the usual name for the cdrom device. When you first logged in to your Fedora box you may have logged in as "root". "root" is all powerful, you should have created an account to use every day. You need to permission that every day account to use the devices. Sam. Chris Desjardins wrote: > Hi everyone! > I am having some cdrom problems which I am hoping that someone will be > able to help me out with. > First question: > When I try to mount a data CD this is what I get... > > [root at localhost chris]# mount /mnt/cdrom > mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist > > How do I view this CD? > > Second question: > I am having problems playing DVDs and music CDs. Originally Fedora > automatically recognized DVDs and music CDs now it is telling me that > I do have permission and when I put in music CDs it tells me to change > my permissions of /dev/cdrom. > > Help please anyone! I have had great luck using MPlayer watching dvds > and then all of a sudden this happened. I don't know what I did. > I will try to elaborate more if someone has questions. > > Thanks, > Chris > > _________________________________________________________________ > Watch the online reality show Mixed Messages with a friend and enter > to win a trip to NY > http://www.msnmessenger-download.click-url.com/go/onm00200497ave/direct/01/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list