To access data from the CD-ROM, insert the CD into the drive and type mount /mnt/cdrom After that, you could cd into /mnt/cdrom and locate the contents of the CD-ROM there. To eject the CD, make sure that the drive is not in use (in particular, cd out of /mnt/cdrom), and run: umount /mnt/cdrom After that, pressing the eject button on the drive should eject the CD.