Re: GNOME - mount CD/DVD to fixed point

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David Jansen wrote:
>> is possible in GNOME 2.30/2.32 (on actual F13/F14) for some users
> mount
>> CD/DVD media not to "/media/VolName/", but to fixed mountpoint - e.g.
>> media pushed to /dev/sr0 mount to /media/cd0 or to ~/Desktop/CD0
> e.t.c.?
>> Or mount as currently GNOME does, but in adition automatically create
>> fixed symlink to created mountpoint (and remove it after is media
> unmounted].
> 
> This used to be possible with the gnome-mount command, which could mount
> a device from the commandline, or change the defaults, like setting a
> fixed mountpoint under /media. The program seems to be missing from
> current Fedora releases. The closest thing I could find to a replacement
> is pmount ('yum install pmount'  will get it for you).
> 
> Now I think you'll need to know the device name in order to mount it;
> how I use it is:
>   pmount /dev/sdb1
> which mounts my usb disk as /media/sdb1 . The man page will probably
> give you the information you need to make it do what you need it to do.
> 
> David Jansen

gnome-mount is not present in Fedora 13 nor Fedora 14.

I looked at pmount - but seems it does not mount media automatically.
Thus

/dev/sr0    /mnt/cd0    auto    defaults,users  0 0

fstab entry will do same effect (pmount has some policy beyond fstab/mount
method, though).

Franta Hanzlik
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