Automount & FC2

Chris Hewitt fedlist at manordata.uklinux.net
Tue Nov 30 15:14:18 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 15:06, J wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> I'm currently playing with FC2, having moved away from Mandrake.
>  
> One thing I am struggling with... Automount isnt on by default..
>  
> Ie, when I insert a CD ROM, I have to open the user mount tool, and
> mount it manually before I can access it.
>  
> Whilst the system is booting up, I get "Automount - No Mount Points
> Defined". How can I get to turn automount on?
>  
> Also, another problem, I am trying to install extra packages using the
> add software wizard.... I mount the CD, and can access it with
> Konqueror as /mnt/cdrom, but the software installation wizard asks for
> the relevant CD, I click ok, and it tells me it wasnt found..... when
> in reality, it IS accessible by other means!
>  
> Any Ideas?
>  
> I'm not a Linux guru!

James,

I'm not a guru either! I don't have access to FC2 at present but in FC1
under Gnome it is in Preferences -> CD Properties. Under FC2 it is in
Preferences -> Removable Storage.

So it must be something similar in FC2.

HTH
Chris




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