On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 15:29 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Nader Mirzaee wrote: > > > > > > > Nader Mirzaee wrote: > > >> Hello all > > >> > > >> i seem to miss one line in the fstab in my FC5 machine . my cdrom > > >> drive doesn't function in linux .this is my fstab: > > >> > > >> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 > > >> defaults 1 1 > > >> LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 > > >> defaults 1 2 > > >> devpts /dev/pts devpts > > >> gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > > >> tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs > > >> defaults 0 0 > > >> proc /proc proc > > >> defaults 0 0 > > >> sysfs /sys sysfs > > >> defaults 0 0 > > >> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap > > >> defaults 0 0 > > >> /dev/hda5 /mnt/windows ntfs > > >> ro,defaults,umask=0222 0 0 > > >> > > >> what should i add to it ? > > >> > > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. > > > Fstab doesn't handle CD-rom in FC5. This is the job of hald I > > believe. > > > -Dan > > > > > > > That's fine but I had no CD drive until I changed fstab on both FC-5 > > computers here? > > > > Obviously there's something going on that's not obvious to me ... > > > > Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia w2bod > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > could you tell me more about what you "changed"! > > > Yes I added: > > /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto defaults 0 0 > > and made a directory: > > /media/cdrecorder > > However this may not be the correct way to deal with the problem, it was > just my solution. > > This is the whole point . You should not have to do that in FC5. What function of CD access do you not see without that line in fstab? -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
