BULLS ~ # mount -t iso9660 -o ro,session=43 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so BULLS ~ # cd /home/jaymeproni/cdrom BULLS ~ # cd /mnt/cdrom/ BULLS cdrom # ls BULLS cdrom # dmesg |tail ide: failed opcode was: unknown ATAPI device hdc: Error: Medium error -- (Sense key=0x03) Unrecovered read error -- (asc=0x11, ascq=0x00) The failed "Read 10" packet command was: "28 00 00 04 d6 d1 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 " end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 1268548 isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=hdc, iso_blknum=317137, block=317137 ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 ISOFS: changing to secondary root BULLS cdrom #