hi all,

after using Mandrake a bit, I decided to try installing Knoppix, which always worked beautifully from CD. the Debian world of HDD-installed Knoppix is a bit strange and bewildering but for the most part successful. one thing missing (and sorely missed) were desktop icons for my CD-RW drive and DVD drive. with a bit of tinkering I got a working icon for the CD drive but have had no success with the DVD drive, which Knoppix always recognised. after creating an icon with the mount command "/dev/cdrom1" (as recognised by Knoppix) I get "mount point /dev/cdrom1 does not exist." a quick look at /etc/fstab (see, I DO learn from the Forums!) I confirmed there is indeed only one entry for a cdrom drive. as a bit of a noob with just enough knowledge to REALLY mess things up, I've hit a dead end with ideas. can anyone point me in the right direction to get my DVD drive recognised and a working icon to open it?

TIA