> First a bit of background: I am a longtime DOS/Windows user and know
> those OSes inside and out. I am loading Linux on my PC for the first
> time. The PC is a Thinkpad 486 33 with a 260Mb HD -- 50 of which is
> dedicated to WIndows (3.1) and the rest is divied 60-100 for Linux
> (RedHat 4.2) and 8Mb of RAM. I have a 14.4 Megahertz PCMCIA modem, I
> have a Backpack CDROM and I have a Colorado tape backup.
>
>
> I have two questions:
> 1)CDRom: I am having difficulty accessing my CD ROM. It should have
> been installed automatically, since I installed the Redhat software from
>
> there. My FSTAB file is configured correctly and I have the drive
> mounted on /mnt/cdrom. The problem, when I ls on that directory, I get
> nothing. Any ideas?
What is the output of "mount", and also what is the content of your
/etc/fstab?
