Here is a problem looking for a solution. In past SM distros I would move my /dev/hdc1 (backup Drive)from the dynamic area into stable and change it from noauto to auto and It would mount during boot. In Alpha-1 when I do that it mounts ok but the dynamic function dissapears from the fstab when I re-boot and then every time I re-boot it grows another "/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom iso9660,udf noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0"
Everything works but I keep growing cdrom lines????
Any Ideas?

Note! As installed
# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
/dev/hda2 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devmode=0666 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 /home ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
# Dynamic entries below, identified by 'users' option
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/hdc1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom iso9660,udf noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0

Note! After Moving /dev/hdc1 and re-booting 4 times??

# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
/dev/hda2 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/hdc1 ext3 auto,users,exec 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devmode=0666 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 /home ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom iso9660,udf noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom iso9660,udf noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom iso9660,udf noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom iso9660,udf noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0

No ideas but I get the same with Mepis, but not with kanotix.
It might have something to do with the fact that Mepis uses /mnt/ rather than /media/, but it's a shot in the dark.

Yeah the same thought was in my mind. I want to thank you for the help you gave me in getting the same drive running with ubuntu and teaching me how to make the folders in media etc. With Mepis I can just leave it be and mount it after boot so it's not a big problem. Other than that Alpha-1 looks slick. I'm looking forward to the Amd-64 version. Actually if I could get flash and gnofin going in Dapper Amd-64
I would be using it as my main system at the moment. I just don't want to have to move my financial stuff to a different program and gnofin hasen't been ported to ubuntu-Amd-64 yet but it has been to Intel-64. <sigh>

In SM 6.0A I right clicked the desktop then create new then link to device etc etc... seemed to work fine for me as I understand what you are getting at anyway.

Well whooda thunk Thanks for pointing that out. It dosen't mount at bootup but that dosen't matter as it's right in my face and a simple matter to click on it and go.

Mine mount on boot so maybe you are 99% there.


# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
/dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
/dev/sda2 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devmode=0666 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 /home ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
# Dynamic entries below, identified by 'users' option
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom iso9660,udf noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0

I can't figure it out as I used to do it all the time. I would move
/dev/hdc1 out of the dynamic portion and into the stable and change it to auto and everything would work fine. When I do it now and do a re-boot the Dynamic portion is just gone, everything works right but It now it grows an additional CDrom line each time I boot. Actually It's no biggie just strange. I just put it back to square 1 and manually mount it. It is easy now that you showed me how to link it on the desktop.

If you can reproduce it exactly then file a bug report. Include your hardware list as well.