Re: RE- floppy=thinkpad mount/umount

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

frank@agetech.net writes:

> "/dev/fd0       /floppy         msdos   defaults"
>         
> If i do not insert a floppy during boot, it will error 
> out and eventually timeout the floppy, making the device
> READ-ONLY on subsequent "mount -a" .

It's obvious to me now, but I suppose not really pointed out anywhere.
You probably want something like:

/dev/fd0    /floppy	vfat	user,noauto

vfat means I get long filenames.  user means I don't need to be root
to mount it.  noauto means it isn't mounted until you ask for it
specifically.  When you put a floppy in, type "mount /floppy" and type
"umount /floppy" before you take it out.

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