On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 07:55 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 09:57 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> >
> >> dvd /dev/scd ext3 defaults 0 0
> >>
> >
> > You have a dvd at "/dev/scd"? And it uses "ext3" as its file system?
> >
> > I don't think removable media has needed entries in the fstab file since
> > about FC4. Certainly if you're using Gnome or KDE.
> >
> > Try commenting it out, completely, and see if the auto-mounting system
> > works by itself.
> >
> >
> Thanks Tim, I'll try it out.
> What about the missing /dev/scd do I do a mkdir /dev/scd ?
By default with no entries in /etc/fstab, the automounter will
automatically mount any data CDs or DVDs in /media/name-of-volume in F6,
F7 or F8. Lacking a volume name, then it'll be /media/cdrom
or /media/dvd.
On top of that, any CD or DVD will NOT be an ext3 filesystem but an
iso9660 filesystem.
If you want a manual mount:
1. Disable the automounter stuff. Under Gnome:
"System->Preferences->Hardware->Removable Drives and Media" and uncheck
the "Mount removable media when inserted" box. There's something
similar under KDE.
2. As root run these commands:
# mkdir /media/cdrom
# chgmod 777 /media/cdrom
3. Add this line to /etc/fstab:
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
4. Insert a data CD or DVD and enter "mount /media/cdrom". The data
should appear at /media/cdrom.
5. Don't forget to "umount /media/cdrom" or "eject /media/cdrom" when
you want to eject the media.
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