[ILUG] Hard disk/CD Rom access

[Liam Bedford]

As far as mounting goes, I tend to use autofs now :)

auto.master
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# $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).
/home	/etc/auto.home  --timeout 600
/misc	/etc/auto.misc	--timeout 60

auto.misc
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# $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

kernel		-ro,soft,intr		ftp.ie.kernel.org:/pub/linux
cd		-fstype=iso9660,ro	:/dev/cdrom

# the following entries are samples to pique your imagination
floppy		-fstype=auto		:/dev/fd0
#floppy		-fstype=ext2		:/dev/fd0
#e2floppy	-fstype=ext2		:/dev/fd0
#jaz		-fstype=ext2		:/dev/sdc1

but it does involve having it in the kernel (RH has it in its default kernel).

Then you can cd /misc/cd and have it mounted, and it unmounts after 1 mins of
non-activity (very nice for nfs cd stuff, where I can chuck a cd in my machine,
wander to another box, mount it, do what I need, and unmount it, with out
having to do anything on my machine at all :))

Regards
L.
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