On Oct 6, 2004 at 18:24, Dellacherie Stephane in a soothing rage wrote: [...] >>>Don't touch the /etc/mtab! >> >>>>> Stéph >>> >>>Add to your /etc/fstab a line >>> >>>/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 >>>noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 >> >> >> I think he should not add 'kudzu' as the next time he reboots >> without the cdrom attached the line will be removed from fstab. >> ... or I might be mistaken. > >> N.Emile... > >You are right Emile : I sould not add 'kudzu'. > >Nevertheless, the command line > >/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0 > >does not work. Indeed, the file /dev/cdrom does not exists. > >Remember that my usb cd-rom is an external cdrom and not an internal cdrom ... . > >Moreover, when I put this line in /etc/fstab, I cannot mount the usb >external cd-rom even when it is connected before the boot. > >Fortunately, by removing the previous line "/dev/cdrom ..." from the >/etc/fstab file, everything is ok. > >So, up to now, I cannot solve my problem discribed at the beginning >of this message. I would attach the cdrom before booting with a cdrom in it. Then boot linux. This should add the correct line to your /etc/fstab. Edit the fstab file and remove 'kudzu' from the line. Hopefully this should work in future. N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 All the simple programs have been written. 18:35:30 up 100 days, 11:50, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
