On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Douglas McClendon wrote:
> To ask a question that I think *hasn't* been asked:
>
> Let's say I want to store big files in the ISO and symlink them to the
> user's $HOME. What's the appropriate way to, as part of the bootup
> process, mount the DVD? I noticed that, upon booting the live system,
> "mount /dev/cdrom" simply told me that it /dev/cdrom wasn't in the
> fstab. The /dev/cdrom symlink was set properly, so I could just add
> /dev/cdrom to the fstab myself or issue a mount command from an init
> script. But is that really the right way to automatically mount the
> disc from which the live system is booting?
I think the answer you are looking for is /mnt/live.
It will be mounted, and refers to the cdrom iso9660, or the fs that
hosts the LiveOS on a LiveUSB.
Hmm - my live DVD I built doesn't have the CD system mounted at /mnt/live.
Let me download an official Fedora 8 live disc and check that....
-- Asheesh.
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