sorry for the late reply, im still having problems since i cant even mount my cdrom when using

# mount /dev/cdrom
mount: can't find /dev/scd0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

any ideas ? =\

try this:
root@box# ln -sf /dev/hd* /dev/cdrom

where * = cdrom device name:
hda = pri master
hdb = pri slave
hdc = sec master
hdd = sec slave

If you dont know which one it should be, experiment by first using hdb then c then d (a is probably your hard disk).

ps. did you try kdiskfree?

thx again =) i did all of them and nothing happened:
# ln -sf /dev/hda /dev/cdrom
#

i found some stuff on that search u gave me:

root@me:/home/me#
root@me:/home/me# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting re
mount: No medium found

root@me:/home/me# ls -lah /dev/cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 9 01:21 /dev/c

root@me:/home/me# mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660
mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting rea
mount: No medium found

root@me:/home/me# eject /dev/scd0 (this worked!! )
root@me:/home/me#

what i know is that i have a thery crappy CD-rom and its located in scd0 so everything i did shouldve worked!! so what is wrong here ???? =\

First of all, put the old link back:

root@box# ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom

Now, your distro (college linux) surely is made to be easy!! there must be a way of doing it from the desktop without having to use the command line. Have a closer look at the control centre and try right clicking on any cdrom icons to see if you can mount them from there.
Surely you are not the first person to do this on college linux? anyone?

edit: could you also post the contents of your /etc/fstab too plz

thx for quick replys =) , i typed

root@me:/home/me# /etc/fstab
bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied

i also got a nice little command from that search u made:# mcedit /etc/fstab ,should i write what it says??

PS: i putted old line back =) ( sdc0)

use kwrite to open /etc/fstab then copy and paste it. Here is mine for reference purposes:

/dev/hda12 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda10 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
#/dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat noauto,user,ro 1 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/d vfat noauto,user,rw 1 0
/dev/hda6 /mnt/e vfat noauto,user,rw 1 0
#/dev/hda7 /mnt/lx auto noauto,owner,rw 1 0
#/dev/hda8 /mnt/hda8 auto noauto,user,rw 1 0
/dev/hda9 /home auto defaults 1 0
/dev/hda11 /usr/local/games reiserfs defaults 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrw /mnt/cdrw auto noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user,rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

Its a link! (see man ln)

sry forgetting all time (i meant scd0) and i right clicked my cdroms (ive got two "icons" of them i think its for the dvd but i only have one =\ ) on devices and mount and the first one says:
mount: can't find iso9660 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

the other one says:
mount: according to mtab, /dev/hda1 is already mounted on /
mount failed

I definitely need to see your fstab then :~]

btw, it said this because you were trying to execute it when it is not executable, it's a configuation file! (see man fstab)

i found this kwrite (first time i see this ) here goes:

none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda4 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda3 /opt ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc
/mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0

/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 auto defaults 0 0

/dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 auto defaults 0 0

/dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 auto defaults 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0

somethings wrong isnt it? =)
thx for fast replys !!

ive seen it before when i studied linux under m$ xp ( http://www.humbug.org.au/talks/fstab_man.txt )
i have a textdocument full of em =P im working hard getting rid of something i hate!!! (m$!!)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wiz22
this:
should be:
To make the changes, open a console and type:

user@box$ su
[enter password]
root@box# mc

If "mc" (midnight commander) runs ok, navigate to /etc, highlight fstab then press F4 to edit it.
If "mc" isnt installed then you can either:

root@box# kwrite

and edit it or learn to use vi.

If you have another cd device just add it in the same manner; making sure to create the new mountpoint (eg. /mnt/dvd) and use the correct device (eg. /dev/hdd).

Good luck!

woho i did it! =) now i got 3 CDroms!!!! =\

the third one gives a different error atleast:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc
or too many mounted files system
(could this be the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)

atleast im on the right track now

nice.
Do you mean the other two work?!
sr0 probably yes. It's called sr_mod. You could try "lsmod" to see if the sr_mod kernel module is loaded too.