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I cannot mount cdrom drive on xubuntu 14.04. Here is my /etc/fstab : Any suggestions ? (if you could also provide me a brief explanation, so that i can deal with it alone the next time.)

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=756c2256-0021-452f-b3b0-4b7f197a8570 /               ext4        errors=remoun$
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=A892-4F23  /boot/efi       vfat    defaults        0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=5ef5ebbe-9be7-4587-81f0-01cfc46aaff3 none            swap            sw           $
# cdrom 0
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom/  auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
# cdrom 1
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom/ auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
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  • You generally don't want to mount the cdrom from fstab, Doesn't xubuntu automatically mount it for you when you insert a CD/DVD?
    – squareborg
    Jan 3, 2016 at 11:48
  • no. Why wouldnt i?
    – ignis
    Jan 3, 2016 at 11:54
  • Well generally in Graphical desktop environments like xubuntu the desktop enviroment takes care of mounting external media like USB/DVD for you. FSTAB is used to mount permanent storage like HDD, NFS etc.
    – squareborg
    Jan 3, 2016 at 11:57
  • Ok. What should i do now?
    – ignis
    Jan 3, 2016 at 11:58
  • Take the line out of /etc/fstab re the cdrom and then reboot and try just inserting a cd and see if it auto mounts.
    – squareborg
    Jan 3, 2016 at 11:59

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Generally in Graphical desktop environments like xubuntu the desktop environment takes care of mounting external media like USB/DVD for you. FSTAB is used to mount permanent storage like HDD, NFS.

Take the line out of /etc/fstab re the cdrom and then reboot and try just inserting a cd and see if it auto mounts.

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