supermount
Supermount is a kernel module, right? So it can be added to Slackware? Where can I find the module and is it known to work fine with Slack9.
I love Supermount, I can never remember to mount and umount stuff, and its very frustrating to try to eject a CD and not remember why its not working. Thanks. |
You could try modprobe supermount in a console as root, and see if it initialises. If it does, add it to your init scripts.
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Please ignore the original content of this message (quoted below). I found out that you can install supermount with non-mandrake kernels too:
1. get latest supermount *patch file for your kernel version 2. copy the file to /usr/src/linux-version 3. run patch -p1 <supermount.version.patch 4. Configure and turn on "supermount" support under filesystems sections 5. Compile and install the new kernel with supermount support (read the supermount README to learn how to edit /etc/fstab file and activate supermount after booting the new kernel). Quote:
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You can find the source code for supermount here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/supermount-ng It reputes to be platform independent. |
Supermount is evil :) ... particularly with
floppies. As for cd's, do like I, make it a habit to use Code:
eject CD/DVD or tells you why it won't ;) Cheers, Tink |
I've never had any trouble with supermount, even when Mandrake said it was broken in their 8.1 release. It's one of the main
reasons I prefer Mandrake, and I don't understand why other distributions haven't seen the light. I wouldn't be without it, given the choice. The whole 'mount', 'umount' stuff is just too time consuming, and user un-friendly. |
It may look user un-friendly but it gives you complete control to what's happening on your machine.
By default only root can mount and umount cd-roms, you can make it easier by editing /etc/fstab and adding to the cd-rom line (tipically /dev/cdrom or /dev/hdc) the options: defaults, umask=022 to make every user able to mount/umount. Once again, sorry if I wrote something obvious, greetings |
Easy Mount/Eject of CDROM
I've always used DroplineGnome with my Slack 9...
Just right-clicked on the background and select my drive to mount... Then when I wish to eject (and unmount) my CD, I just right-click my CD-drive icon and select EJECT... This is real-easy for me... :p |
> It may look user un-friendly but it gives you complete control to > what's happening on your machine.
Having supermount doesn't prevent you from doing this. I can't imagine what "complete control" means with respect to CDROMs, anyway. With CDROMs, I just want to put the disc in the drive and use it. Floppies are a little more complicated, but for an already formatted floppy, supermount is great. Just put it in and use it. > By default only root can mount and umount cd-roms, you can > make it easier by editing /etc/fstab You can also use the 'user' option in the fstab file. |
Any opinions about devfs and devfsd?
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Cheers, Tink |
I use automount. When I do a
Code:
ls /cdrom |
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