In my case at least, it doesn't match fstab:
mdz@max ~ $ ls -l /cdrom lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11 Sep 7 21:06 /cdrom -> media/cdrom mdz@max ~ $ grep cdrom /etc/fstab /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
In my case at least, it doesn't match fstab:
mdz@max ~ $ ls -l /cdrom
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11 Sep 7 21:06 /cdrom -> media/cdrom
mdz@max ~ $ grep cdrom /etc/fstab
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0