> > Hallo, > > I am trying to change /etc/fstab to allow the user to mount the floppy and > the cdrom. > > The following lines did not help: > > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos defaults,noauto,user 0 0 > > Why not?
I don't know about the floppy, but for the cdrom you will have to put the actual device in the file instead of /dev/cdrom, so you'll get something like /dev/hdd /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 The problem with /dev/cdrom is that it is a symbolic link. If you type mount /cdrom, it will follow the link, and mount (e.g.) /dev/hdd on /cdrom. But if you try to unmount it, umount only knows that /dev/hdd is mounted (doesn't know about /dev/cdrom anymore), and fails. Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
