mounting a usb dvd writer
According to hwinfo --cdrom, the DVD writer is /dev/sr0
So I have the usb DVD writer mounted like: mount /dev/sr0 /media/hpwriter So now I can read what is on the DVD. Also, I have to remount the usb DVD drive each time I use it and I noticed that I have to umount before I can take the disk out. Should I add the DVD writer to the fstab entries if I want it to be mounted and unmounted automatically every time I use it? I'm using SuSE 10.0. So, my fstab entries are this: Code:
cat /etc/fstab Code:
/dev/sr0 /media/hpwriter subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 I have another question: Why is it that a usb pen-drive gets mounted automatically for reading and writing and unmounted automatically after closing the session but the DVD writer does not? |
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As far as adding an entry to fstab to automatically mount the drive, read my remarks above. With usb, in order to have a persistent mount in fstab, there is at least one file in /etc that you will have to edit to make the dvd mount point persistent, plus adding it to fstab. I can't put my fingers on the htm I used a couple of years ago in a similar situation. www.google.com/linux is your friend. Search for usb and persistent mount points. |
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