I noticed this and I was curious about it...
then I was checking into fstab and mtab as I remember they used to be very
much the same... I can't see /dev/cdrom in mtab (?) is this the reason WHY
is failling to mount?
/dev/hdb6 / ext2 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /boot ext2 rw 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hdb9 /home ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hda6 /mnt/win_e vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hdb11 /tmp ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/hdb8 /usr ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/hdb10 /var ext2 rw 0 0
automount(pid1062) /misc autofs rw,fd=7,pgrp=1062,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0
automount(pid1078) /net autofs rw,fd=7,pgrp=1078,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0
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And here is fstab: (here I can see /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom2)
/dev/hdb6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hdb5 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hdb9 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
/dev/hda6 /mnt/win_e vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb11 /tmp ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb8 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb10 /var ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb7 swap swap defaults 0 0
Sergio Korlowsky