What does it show when you do "ls -l /dev/cdrom" in a terminal (again without the quotes)?

i did, and still nothing...do i have to restart my wm?

ls: /dev/cdrom is not a directory

in your editor change the fstab to whatever you identify your cdrom drive as.

So in the fstab file :
/dev/hda1 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hda2 /hda2 /reiesers defaults 1 2
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto owner, ro 0 0
/dev/fdo /mnt/floppy auto noauto owner 0 0
/dev/pts /dev/pts devpts gid=5, mode=620 0 0
/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

Change the cdrom line? and change cdrom to cd? or hdc?

Did you type /dev/cdrom/? If so, there shouldn't have been a / at the end.

Yes i did

noob_57 are you sure about this line??

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto owner, ro 0 0

coz if it doesnt mount then it probably should fire you with no such device message...
try changing from that line above to:

/dev/hda /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto owner, ro 0 0

or

/dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto owner, ro 0 0

or

/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto owner, ro 0 0

or

/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto owner, ro 0 0


i've tried that before, the first time i run linux, and that i'm not sure where my cdrom was configured.

That's why I told him to do "ls -l /dev/cdrom", it should show to what device it's linked to.

do like jupals said--
but
try hdb first, because hda is your hard drive...

Ok, hdb got the best resault...which would be the same as cdrom....everything else said it was valid.
Are you sure this is the problem because i will still mount a normal CD without a problem.

so its mounting the burned cds now?

if it is, is it still mounting the cds that werent burned?

sorry i wasn't valid....sorry for not replying sooner but i was gone away...but it still won't mount anything thats burned...well i haven't tried the slackware disks, but the ones i want won't mount.

in your fstab file, change the files sysytem on your cdrom to auto.

so:

/dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom auto noauto owner,ro,user 0 0