On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 11:22 -0500, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 09:17 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > 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: > snip > > > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>> 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? > > > > > I don't recall the precise sequence of events but no doubt I attempted > > to "mount /dev/hdc" and the cd to "/media/cdrecorder" as I am accustomed > > to doing since FC4 and trying to look at a directory listing ... > > > > I had other odd things happen with this FC5 installation and thought it > > was merely related to those peculiarities? In fact I did the > > installation twice since it did not offer me a chance to select the > > applications I wanted? I had installed FC5 from the same DVD on another > > computer via my LAN connection while this one ran FC4 and that went as > > expected, a normal install without problems. > > > So did you do a clean install here? or was it an upgrade? > > There are some inconsistencies that are seen when doing an upgrade > because not everything gets put in place new. Old configuration files, > some of the binaries that do not get removed, etc. > > On my FC5 system done as a clean install the creation of the directories > and mounting of the cdrom gets done as expected. > > > > Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia w2bod > > Well something is clearly wrong with my machine. I did a clean install. I have two CD-s. One cd recorder and one just cd reader. Also a floppy. But only a /media/cdrom was created and no automounting of data CD-s happens. So what is wrong do you all think? -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
