How to mount CD/DVD on Linux

This guide shows how to mount a CD or DVD on RHEL / CentOS 8 Linux.

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(1) Create a mount point directory.

mkdir /mnt/cdrom

(2) To mount a CD or DVD, run the following command.

mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

Unmount

To unmount a mounted CD or DVD, run the following command.

umount /mnt/cdrom

That’s about it.