automount didnt work

PinRojas · 06-24-2005, 01:17 PM

Hi Guys,

I am trying to get my CD/DVD writer automagicly, but the autommount didnt work. But when I made a mount manually to /dev/hdc, that works

My auto.master content is:
/media/cdrom /etc/auto.cdrom --timeout 10

My auto.cdrom content is:
cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro :/dev/cdrom

And mtab show the process running on PID 1703

Then What's wrong?

Salu2 y GrAcIaS!

Moloko · 06-25-2005, 11:04 AM

The automounter doesn't work reliably for optical disk drives. It's a pitty, but it won't work.

basileus · 06-26-2005, 06:53 AM

If you use Gnome, try gnome-volume-manager. It seems to work, even though I myself have not yet used that much. It requires udevd and hald, so it requires a 2.6 kernel.

Gnome-volume-manager should also work regardless of whether you use Gnome, but of course apt will want to install gnome anyways. Other options (of which I have only limited experience) are submount and supermount. The latter is included in Mandrake and Gentoo.

PinRojas · 06-26-2005, 09:44 AM

Hi,

Well, It's a Pitty.
I am trying to use gnome-volume-manager, but I don't know from where to start.
Could you tell where I can see the configuration of this application?
I have gnome, It's in my menu systems? where?

Thanks!

husnos · 06-26-2005, 05:11 PM

download and use 'bastille'
it will walk you through security setup for your workstation, including automount setup.

PinRojas · 06-29-2005, 04:14 PM

Guys,

Ok, I ran bastille, but nothing happened.
i am trying to find supermount by "apt-cache search" comand, but nothing
Any help is wellcome.

Salu2!

damienduff · 06-30-2005, 12:40 PM

instead of automount, why dun u create a CDROM icon on ur desktop and link it to /dev/hdc?
It is convenient to mount it in this way too and rightclick when u wana umount.

PinRojas · 07-05-2005, 11:29 AM

Guys,

I dont understan why is so hard to get a feature like this.
By default fedora has it
Why debian couldnt get it.
Please, help with this, The icon link didnt work

Thanx and Salu2!