Dear Fedora List,
If the above procedure is in fact the standard behaviour of FC3 anyway, I guess my setup is to blame. Then I'd ask you to give me some indication of what FC3's default setup for handling CDs is. Is am-utils installed? Is autofs installed?
Sorry for the rant. I'm simply quite frustrated.
Many thanks,
Florian
Windows does it wrong. :)
I cannot think of the number of screwed up floppies I have had in my Windows days. Even a few screwed up CDr's in XP because of a pause while writing and I removed the CD. Oops. I am so glad I toasted my XP.
A simple demonstration is with a USB stick. Even on Windows, a USB stick needs to be "unmounted". This is the same idea. Explain this to them as the default method of ensuring data and filesystem or programs don't get corrupted data.
Of course a CD or DVD is normally read only but it isn't the best option. The one suggestion using auto.fs is a great idea. I will have to try it at home. Removing a CD or DVD while it is being used may crash another program or corrupt data reads.
-- Robin Laing
