Helpful to verify reports of your own downtime, or to double check a downed website you are trying to access.
One of a set of tools we are providing to everyone as a way of saying thank you for being a part of the community.
http://www.humbug.org.au/talks/fstab/fstab.html
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/fstab.html
specifically you have to add/modify the line containing cdtom
/dev/hdc /mnt/test iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0