i get could not mount cd-rom in Mandrake 8.1

[klinuxk]

so when i try to check out the contents of a cd in mandrake 8.1 by right clicking on the desktop and going to disks and then to cd rom i get an error msg saying it could not mount my cd rom. and yes a cd is in it. so how do i re mount it? please go easy on the lingo i'm a aboslute newbie kangol@freeze.com

[z0mbix]

Try seeing if it is already mounted by going to /mnt/cdrom in a terminal or a file manager (Nautilus/Konqueror etc).

Mandrake should automount your cdrom/floppy drives. If it's not mounted. Try:

mount -t /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

and

umount /mnt/cdrom

to unmount it.

Also check in your /etc/fstab file to see if it's setup to automount on bootup. It should contain something similar to:

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,ro 0 0

;)