Have you looked in the /etc/fstab (in console vi /etc/fstab) to see if there is an entry for the cdrom, I have two in my system and during install it did not create an entry for the second one. If there is no entry you will have to add the line /dev/hdd /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0 if you have more than one cdrom change the /cdrom to /cdrom1 and mkdir cdrom1 in /. You will have to re-boot and then you should be able mount the cdrom (mount /dev/hdd /cdrom(1) ).