Hi..

Im using Redhat 9 / Ximian Desktop 2 and I was wondering how one would set up automount to automount my cd-rom and floppy so I have a desktop icon for them without needing to insert a disk into each slot?

Thanks,
Mike

You can enter /etc dir,modify auto.misc and auto.master files.
First, remove "#" in the front of cdrom in auto.misc file
Second,remove "#" in the front of cdrom in auto.master file.
Third,run "chkconfig --levels 345 autofs on"
Fourth,run "/etc/init.d/autofs start"
have a try!

BTW,you can run "cd /misc/cdrom" when you insert CD in your cd-rom and not run "mount " command.

ull need to edit the /etc/fstab file (" vi /etc/fstab ") then u need to add the line "/dev/devicename /mnt/devicefolder iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0" the mounting of the cdrom needs to be under the fd0 line (floppy) just like post hdd 1st,flopy 2nd,cdrom 3rd,if u want to learn more about fstab use "man fstab or man /etc/fstab/".goodluck

My config files dont allready have these examples.. can you post yours?

tiger7007 is right
You have to modify
/etc/fstab
in the fstab you need to
change the mount todefault befour CDROM

My conf file as follows
auto.misc:
# $Id: auto.misc,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:04 hpa Exp $
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage

cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom

# the following entries are samples to pique your imagination
#linux -ro,soft,intr ftp.example.org:/pub/linux
#boot -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hda1
#floppy -fstype=auto :/dev/fd0
#floppy -fstype=ext2 :/dev/fd0
#e2floppy -fstype=ext2 :/dev/fd0
#jaz -fstype=ext2 :/dev/sdc1
#removable -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hdd
auto.master:
# $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $
# Sample auto.master file
# Format of this file:
# mountpoint map options
# For details of the format look at autofs(8).
/misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60
Then you run "chkconfig --levels 345 autofs on" and run "/etc/init.d/autofs start".When you insert CD into cd-rom,you can run directly "cd /misc/cdrom" and not mount command.It's very easy.