Re: fstab missing line

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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>


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