Re: How to set up packages?
On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Joost_Kooij wrote:
> cd /
> mkdir cdrom ; create a mountpoint if it does not yet exist
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /cdrom ; mount the cdrom
> cd cdrom ; you'll find the contents here
> ls -l
Aack! Braino! You have to:
cd /
before you can unmount the device, or it will say "device or resource
busy" and stay mounted.
> umount /cdrom ; unmount before you eject the cd
> Better still, you can edit /etc/fstab and add an appropriate line to make
> life a little easier. Just look at the lines that are already there to
> get an idea of what you should add. 'man 5 fstab' is your friend btw.
This is what it looks like on my computer:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
[snip]
/dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,user,ro 0 0
> In the options field add `user', so you can mount the device as mortal
> user and `noauto' so linux doesn't try to mount a possibly empty cdrom
> tray at boot time.
As you can notice above, I also forgot to mention the "ro" (readonly)
option in my previous posting.
> When you have done this, `mount /dcrom` will mount the cdrom.
>
> `cat /etc/mtab` shows what is mounted now, just like `mount` btw.
> Joost
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