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Re: hamm to slink with upgrade



On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 11:12:06AM -0500, Sean wrote:
> Marc Haber wrote:
> 
> > I have my cdrom not on /cdrom, but on /mnt/cdrom. /etc/fstab shows
> > this. However, apt-cdrom tries to mount /cdrom and fails.
> >
> 
> Edit your /etc/fstab file so /dev/hdc (or whatever device your cdrom is) is mounted
> on /cdrom -- change the "/mnt/cdrom" to "/cdrom", then type:
> 
>     mkdir /cdrom
>     umount /mnt/cdrom (assuming you're already mounted on the cdrom . . if not then
> skip this line)
>     mount /cdrom
> 
> Sean

Why not:

ln -fs /cdrom/ /mnt/cdrom/

Less chance to goof your fstab, among other advantages.

Rob

-- 
Short people get rained on last.


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