RE: auto-mounting /cdrom
To use automount/autofs, you must build the support into your kernel, then
install the autofs package. Although it doesn't act exactly like you
discribed. If you put a cd into the drive, nothing will happen until the
first time you access it. It'll stay mounted till a timeout is reached,
then umount itself, until the next time it's accessed. -mk
-----Original Message-----
From: steve@cc888998-a.clmbs1.pa.home.com
[mailto:steve@cc888998-a.clmbs1.pa.home.com]On Behalf Of Stephen Gran
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 4:06 PM
To: Debian User
Subject: Re: auto-mounting /cdrom
Thus spake csj:
> On Saturday 29 December 2001 11:09, martin f krafft wrote:
> > yo!
> >
> > i've seen it done before, but i can't remember how. i believe it was
> > a gnome feature, but there's got to be a way to do this underneath
> > any desktop environment... when i insert a CDROM, i want it to be
> > available without having to mount. conversely, i always want to be
> > able to just eject without umount. how can one enable this? any
> > docs/links/howtos?
>
> I'm sure it's a kernel feature. I first saw it on Mandrake. I disabled
> it because I've heard somebody say that it actually slows down the
> system. Watch the cdrom's lights intermittently blink.
autofs?
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-- Shakespeare
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