Thanx for the lead Satya. Herez a stepwise manner to do that Step 1 -------- Download any of the tar balls from http://www.elis.rug.ac.be/~ronsse/cdfs/download/ Step2 ------ There is a some bug in the header file cdfs.h To rectify it comment out parts of lines in the following manner #define BANNER       FSNAME //##"\t"##VERSION #define EMPTYMESSAGE BANNER //##"\n\tNo CD mounted\n\n" If u wish u could try something more elegant :) Step 3 -------- Run make Step 4 -------- Load the loadable kernel module cdfs.o using /sbin/insmod cdfs.o Step 5 -------- Mount the aud cd using mount -t cdfs -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdfs Step 6 -------- To see track listings cat /proc/cdfs Enjoy!!