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> When i go in the xterm shell i type in /cdrom so it mounts the freebsd
> disk so i can  continue on installing my ports, but instead it says
> permission denied.
Typing /cdrom will not mount the cdrom, nor should it.

You may want to try:
mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/acd0 /cdrom

-Don