Now I'm confused. My machine has only one cd device. It is a Writemaster DVD RW.
My fstab contains 3 lines pertaining to this device, and they are:
# CDROM, CDWRITER, DVD
/dev/cdrom mnt/cdrom iso9660 users, noauto, ro
/dev/cdwriter mnt/cdwriter iso9660 defaults, noauto, ro, user, 0 0
now i have to assume that the above lines pertain to the same physical device. Right?

now my problem: I have three disk icons on my desktop which are labeled:
#1. CD-ROM Device
#2. CD-ROM Device_1
#3. CD Recorder (C...
My question: Do I need all three icon on my desk top, and if not, how do I get rid of them.
I can't just right click on them and then click on "delete". Yes I'm a frustrated ex-windows user.
thanks much
reb