On: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:40:32 +1100 (EST) Jiri Baum writes: > > Hello, > I tried to use autofs, but it says "Error: autofs support not available". > > I assume it can't find /lib/modules/2.0.34/fs/autofs.o which is correct > because it doesn't exist. > > Where would I get one, please?
You need to enable the autofs in the kernel config, it can be found within the file system section. I suggest building it as a module. > BTW, is there any difference between autofs and amd? I want > something to automount a floppy disk (with a vicious unmount > timeout, so that users can simply eject the floppy disk without > worrying about it). I set the timeout for autofs to 2 seconds which means that after the last access to a floppy or a cdrom I have to wait just 2 seconds and can safely eject it. Here is my /etc/auto.master as an example: /vol/tmpmnt /etc/auto.misc --timeout 2 I installed the /etc/init.d/autofs from the bugreport because there were some problems with correctly recogizing the timeout option. If you have such problems, look at http://www.debian.org in the bug reporting section and search for autofs. You can copy&paste the correctly working file straight from one of the messages. Torsten
