On 16:30 28 Feb 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | 1) Currently I only have : /mnt/cdrom : the cd-rom in question is actually a DVD | drive. I would like to have a : /mnt/dvd : directory. Also, i am missing : | /mnt/floppy : which is a hotswap device that is not usually installed, but on | occasion is necessary. How can I get RH8 to auto configure these devices? If | autoconfig is not available, what is the best way to manually configure this myself?
I use the automounter. Mount /mnt config file reads: C -fstype=vfat,ro :/dev/C D -fstype=vfat,umask=000 :/dev/D archive -soft,intr,ro shot:/StorNext/Archive cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro :/dev/cdrom cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom cdrom2 -fstype=iso9660,ro :/dev/cdrom2 cf -fstype=vfat,umask=000 :/dev/cf dvd -fstype=udf,ro,nosuid,nodev:/dev/dvd dvdext2 -fstype=ext2 :/dev/dvd dvdram -fstype=ext2,nosuid,nodev:/dev/dvdram dvdramudf -fstype=udf :/dev/dvdram e2floppy -fstype=ext2 :/dev/fd0 floppy -fstype=auto :/dev/fd0 nfs :/nfs zip -fstype=ext2,nosuid,nodev:/dev/zip Then you just need suitable symlinks in /dev for /dev/dvd etc, pointing at the appropriate real devices. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ In retrospect, lighting the match was my mistake. But I was only trying to retrieve the gerbil. - Vito Bustone -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list