fstab missing line

Mike McCarty Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.net
Wed May 3 16:39:24 UTC 2006


Ian Malone wrote:
> On 5/2/06, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
> 
>> I don't know if anything is wrong, I don't think I want the computer
>> to auto-mount CD's?  Auto-mount seems like a feature for a consumer
>> device like a CD/DVD player, I usually have data, text, etc. on mine.  
>> Maybe
>> I'm missing something?
>>
> 
> Well, you have to mount it sometime, and if you've put a
> CD in the drive it's a fair bet you want to read it.  My only

Not so. Normally, when I put a CDROM in my drive,
I want to *write* it, not *read* it. And for that I need
it unmounted. I find auto-mount a real nuisance.

I rarely use my CDROM drive for anything but making a
backup. I don't have any commercial CDROMs at all,
and it's pretty rare that I need to read one of my
backups.

> real gripe with the idea is that the eject button on the
> machine won't work for mounted drives.

This has nothing to do with auto-mount, though it is also
a pain in the lower anatomy.

Mike
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