Greetings again all and here is an update on what I've done and found out.
[root@localhost /]# umount /dev/sr0
[root@localhost /]# mount
/dev/sda2 on / type ext4 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,rootcontext="system_u
bject_r:tmpfs_t:s0")
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext4 (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) [root@localhost /]#
mount /dev/sr0 /mnt [root@localhost /]# pwd / [root@localhost /]# cd mnt [root@localhost mnt]# ls -la |more total 36
drwx------. 5 xxxxxx 196 Jul 21 16:35 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 25 root root 4096 Sep 1 14:36 ..
drwx------. 2 xxxxxx 8700 Jul 21 16:34 Excel Spread Sheets drwx------. 2 xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx 21512 Sep 1 15:19 MVSJCLLIB
drwx------. 6 xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx 840 Jul 21 16:38 My Scans
[root@localhost mnt]# mount
/dev/sda2 on / type ext4 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,rootcontext="system_u
bject_r:tmpfs_t:s0")
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext4 (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/sr0 on /mnt type udf (rw)
[root@localhost mnt]# pwd
/mnt
[root@localhost mnt]#
showed all the files on the cd.
I didn't have to use the -F option in the mount command.