In SuSE 7.0 what used to be in /etc/fstab was /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto, user, exec 0 0 Here is what SuSE 7.1 put into /etc/fstab for my cdrom: /dev/hdd /cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 Obviously, my cdrom is not a harddisk so /dev/hdd is not a correct device... I have no trouble firing YaST or YaST2, so they must be using some sort of driver on the fly. Here is what vdir /dev/cd* shows: brw-rw---- 1 root disk 19, 128 Jan 19 02:36 /dev/cdouble0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 19, 129 Jan 19 02:36 /dev/cdouble1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Feb 24 20:01 /dev/cdrom -> hdd brw-r----- 1 root disk 24, 0 Jan 19 02:36 /dev/cdu535 I suspect that YaST is using /dev/cdu535. BUT when I do: mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdu535 /cdrom I get the message: "mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdu535 as a block device (maybe `insmod driver'?) " I've never ventured into mk_nod territory, SuSE so help me out here. JLK