Automount CD

redneon · 12-15-2005, 12:19 PM

Has anyone got any good links for information on setting up CD automounting in Slackware? I'm running 10.2.

mscole · 12-15-2005, 04:37 PM

Why would you want to automount a CD?

redneon · 12-15-2005, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mscole

Why would you want to automount a CD?

So I don't have to su to root and mount it every time I insert a CD.

liquidtenmilion · 12-15-2005, 05:05 PM

Automounting is one of the best features that some modern DEs offer. It is just one of those things that people can't understand until they use.

It's very easy to say something is stupid if you've never used it.

Personally i have installed Dropline gnome(and compiled a 2.6 kernel, which Hal needs), and gnome uses Hal to autmount and auto run things like Digital cameras, audio/blank/data cds, and similar things.

Tinkster · 12-15-2005, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liquidtenmilion

Automounting is one of the best features that some modern DEs offer. It is just one of those things that people can't understand until they use.

It's very easy to say something is stupid if you've never used it.

It's very easy to assume that people who say auto-mounting
is stupid and dangerous have never been forced to use it.

I have. For a couple of years, and always found it to
do more harm than benefit, specially with floppies or
USB devices.

It's no big deal to modify the line in /etc/fstab to
include the user (or users, whatever you prefer) statement
and then mount, unmount and even eject as a normal user
with no hassles.

Cheers,
Tink

mscole · 12-15-2005, 06:38 PM

liquidtenmilion, I did not say automounting is stupid, I simply asked a question. I see no benefit to automounting a cd.
Mike.

nutronix · 12-15-2005, 10:31 PM

I use KwikDisk if i dont want the command line....almost automount , not counting a click or two extra

keefaz · 12-16-2005, 05:35 AM

I use autofs, it works well for automounting removeable media and network shares

Okie · 12-16-2005, 05:58 AM

Code:

/dev/cdrom       /mnt/cdrom           auto        noauto,users,ro  0   0

this is my entry for my CDrom drive in /etc/fstab, i only had to change default to users and non-root users can now mount CDroms...

and as others suggest automount is buggy at best and cause more problems than anything else, and opening a terminal and typing in "mount /mnt/cdrom" is not too much work anyway...

fireedo · 12-16-2005, 12:07 PM

you can use rc.autofs and add it on your /etc/rc.d/ then edit your rc.M to load rc.autofs everytime you boot...then copy auto.misc and auto.master into your /etc/ then edit auto.misc and fstab.....now you got automounting....

geeman2.0 · 12-16-2005, 12:56 PM

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I see no benefit to automounting a cd.

99% of the time that a CD is inserted into your drive it ends up getting mounted anyways, why not save yourself the trouble?