[ILUG] Hard disk/CD Rom access

[John P . Looney]

On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 10:08:28AM +0100, Liam Bedford mentioned:
> 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
> 
> 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

 I decided to try this - it's lovely for CDs & stuff. Two problems;

 it doesn't seem to work for floppies (no floppy dir in /misc)
 how do you eject the cdrom/make the floppy ejectable ?

Kate

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