fstab missing line

[jdow]

From: "Ian Malone" <ibmalone at gmail.com>

> On 5/1/06, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
>> Aaron Konstam wrote:
>> > On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 15:29 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> >
>> >> Nader Mirzaee wrote:
>> >>
> 
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> Yes I added:
>> >>
>> >> /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto defaults 0 0
>> >>
>> >> and made a directory:
>> >>
>> >> /media/cdrecorder
>> >>
>> >> However this may not be the correct way to deal with the problem, it was
>> >> just my solution.
>> >>
>> > This is the whole point . You should not have to do that in FC5.
>> > What function of CD access do you not see without that line in fstab?
>> >
>> I don't recall the precise sequence of events but no doubt I attempted
>> to "mount /dev/hdc" and the cd to "/media/cdrecorder" as I am accustomed
>> to doing since FC4 and trying to look at a directory listing ...
>>
> 
> Using Gnome on FC5 the normal behaviour is that when you insert a
> data cd it is mounted under /media/<volumename>.  Personally I
> find this a little inconvenient, but it's not impossible to work with.
> Does this not happen for you?

Some of us are adverse to checking unknown CDROMs from a GUI. Given
the choice I prefer to look at it from a bog standard command-line
bash session such as via alt-f1. Does the automount work there? And
where does it mount the drive?

{^_^}