On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 07:55 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Tim wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 09:57 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > > >> dvd /dev/scd ext3 defaults 0 0 > >> > > > > You have a dvd at "/dev/scd"? And it uses "ext3" as its file system? > > > > I don't think removable media has needed entries in the fstab file since > > about FC4. Certainly if you're using Gnome or KDE. > > > > Try commenting it out, completely, and see if the auto-mounting system > > works by itself. > > > > > Thanks Tim, I'll try it out. > What about the missing /dev/scd do I do a mkdir /dev/scd ? By default with no entries in /etc/fstab, the automounter will automatically mount any data CDs or DVDs in /media/name-of-volume in F6, F7 or F8. Lacking a volume name, then it'll be /media/cdrom or /media/dvd. On top of that, any CD or DVD will NOT be an ext3 filesystem but an iso9660 filesystem. If you want a manual mount: 1. Disable the automounter stuff. Under Gnome: "System->Preferences->Hardware->Removable Drives and Media" and uncheck the "Mount removable media when inserted" box. There's something similar under KDE. 2. As root run these commands: # mkdir /media/cdrom # chgmod 777 /media/cdrom 3. Add this line to /etc/fstab: /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0 4. Insert a data CD or DVD and enter "mount /media/cdrom". The data should appear at /media/cdrom. 5. Don't forget to "umount /media/cdrom" or "eject /media/cdrom" when you want to eject the media. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list