On some Linux systems, mounting the CD is done in a way that doesn’t allow the system to access the safedisc section of the CD-ROM, therefore MATLAB doesn’t start.
1. If your system requires that you have root priviledges to mount a CD-ROM drive, this command should work on most systems:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom
2. To enable nonroot users to mount a CD-ROM drive, include the exec option in your /etc/fstab file as in the following example:
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user,exec 0 0
3. Some users have been able to get the documentation CD to be read successfully by adding the unhide option to their /etc/fstab as in the following example:
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 noauto,unhide,ro,user,exec 0 0
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