That looks ideal, but the problem seems to have fixed itself. I'm quite confused. I added these lines to fstab: /dev/scd0 /media/dvdrecorder udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd1 /media/cdrecorder udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 Expecting that I would have to manually pumount the disc and explicitly …

You could view it as a feature You're right... I should make the most of it. It is quite handy. It just means that if I want to change directory to the cdrom, I have to know a) which cd is in the drive, and b) what the manufacturers called it! I'll have a look into hal, thanks for the info. Hmm, …

Using Dosbox 0.70 on Ubuntu Feisty. I can mount CDs fine, but I want to add a section to the autoexec section which will automatically mount them so I don't have to do it every time. The problem is that my system, in its infinite wisdom, mounts the CD in a different place depending on the CD, e.g.: …