Re: what if I have a 2nd cdrom drive?
Hi Dan,
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 01:07:11PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
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> Swifteax. Neateaux.
Are these words, and if so, what do they mean?
> OK, so I must do this myself. OK, I make a link in /dev from hdd to
> cdrom2 then I make a directory in /, then I make a entry in
> /etc/fstab. Is the user supposed to do all this by hand?
In principle, yes. Linux and especially Debian philosophy is: If I can well
do something by hand, why should I use a tool for it?
> Also what is the importance of noauto in fstab? Doesn't that just
> cause the user to have to issue a mount command if he hasn't since
> last reboot, and ha wants to use the cdrom? Or perhaps the
> maintainers don't power off like me every day e.g. lightning storms
> and sleepy time.
This often makes sense for CDROM and other removeable disks. You insert the
CD after booting and only after that yon can mount the device.
I think there is an automounter tool but I've never used it.
> I don't suppose there is any way to tell it that I have two
> cdroms so I can put two cd's in at once?
To your /etc/apt/sources.list, add two entries like this:
deb file:/cdrom/ stable (... or testing etc.)
Replace /cdrom with the mount points for your 2 CDROMs.
HTH, Joachim
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Joachim Fahnenmüller
Lehrer für Mathematik und Physik
Herder-Gymnasium
Kattowitzer Straße 52
51065 Köln
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