cant mount drive

[Thornton]

> What you posted to me (and below) is what he is asking for. It looks
> below like you were in /proc/ide/hdc when you did the cat command and
> that does not work to create regular files.  You should have been in the
> regular filesystem and not in the /proc filesystem.
> 
> You might try this.
> 1.  edit /etc/sysconfig/hwconf and delete the stanza related to the
> cdrom
> 2.  edit /etc/fstab and delete the line for the cdrom.
> 3.  reboot and allow kudzu to recreate the entries for the cdrom in the
> hwconf and fstab.
> 4.  Try the mount again.
> 
> I do not know if the fact the udf module is loaded already may interfere
> with mounting an iso9660 disk, but on mine the only time the udf module
> is loaded is when I insert a CD-RW disk.  This may be an issue here for
> you.

I just tried that. kudzu found it, configured, same problem on boot up. 
This is really starting to look gloomy.

Thanks