Yes, I have tried /mnt/cdrom1

# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
rtc
apm power_off=1
usb-uhci
usb-storage - I ADDED THIS to try to solve
hid - I ADDED THIS to try to solve
serial
sb
agpgart
nls_cp437
nls_iso8859-1
ntfs
ext3
autofs4

lsmod listing:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
lvm-mod 46368 0 (autoclean)
ppp_deflate 2904 0 (autoclean)
zlib_deflate 17368 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate]
bsd_comp 3928 0 (autoclean)
ppp_async 7168 1 (autoclean)
ppp_generic 22784 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc 4496 1 (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
parport_pc 24808 1 (autoclean)
lp 7524 0 (autoclean)
parport 22528 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
ehci-hcd 14696 0 (unused)
autofs4 8724 0 (unused)
ext3 62944 0 (unused)
jbd 45524 0 [ext3]
ntfs 50816 0 (unused)
nls_iso8859-1 2844 0 (unused)
nls_cp437 4348 0 (unused)
agpgart 34752 0 (unused)
sb 7764 0 (unused)
sb_lib 33326 0 [sb]
uart401 6020 0 [sb_lib]
sound 54572 0 [sb_lib uart401]
soundcore 3396 5 [sb_lib sound]
serial 51908 2
hid 19204 0 (unused)
input 3200 0 [hid]
usb-storage 54492 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 21836 0 (unused)
usbcore 57120 1 [ehci-hcd hid usb-storage usb-uhci]
apm 9644 1
rtc 6908 0