F13: Do not mount CD/DVD when inserted into drive

Frank Elsner Frank.Elsner at TU-Berlin.DE
Thu May 27 22:57:52 UTC 2010


On Thu, 27 May 2010 17:50:35 -0400 Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Greg Woods wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 21:12 +0200, Frank Elsner wrote:
> >>  a CD or DVD gets automatically mounted
> >> when inserted into the cd/DVD drive. 
> > 
> >> Where can I disable this behavier? 
> > 
> > System -> Preferences -> File Management -> Media
> > 
> Does this really work for you? I have mine set that way and when I put in a CD 
> it is still read, mounted, the ISO label is read off the disk, and an icon 
> displayed on the desktop with filesystem label. The media is left unmounted, but 
> that certainly doesn't fit the "do nothing" choice the menu offers.

I follewd this advice. It doesn't work. You're right.

> You have to edit/delete udev rules to make it work right. That also fixes some 
> CD burning issues when udev "peeks" at the media in the middle of a burn.

Ok, but can you explain what and where to change?


Greetings, Frank Elsner


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