From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta06ps.bigpond.com ([144.135.25.138]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16FZdj-0001E2-00 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 06:39:31 -0500 Received: from data.home ([144.135.25.87]) by mta06ps.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GOFQ1600.HNW for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 21:46:18 +1000 Received: from CPE-144-136-137-64.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.137.64]) by psmam07.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0g 119/2060207); 16 Dec 2001 21:39:26 Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16FZde-0003aX-00; Sun, 16 Dec 2001 21:39:26 +1000 Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 21:39:25 +1000 From: Geoff Shang To: speakup Subject: Re: location of cdrom In-Reply-To: <000801c184f1$6d27e380$0201a8c0@danny> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, dannyboy wrote: > My floppy is /dev/fd0 and the hard drive's linux is on /dev/hda5. How is > a cdrom accessed with linux? Do I need to mount that drive? Is there a > way to fix it so I do not have to mount the floppy after logging on all > the time? To answer your auto-mounting question, you place an entry in /etc/fstab. This will also allow you to type for example: mount /floppy Here is my floppy drive's entry in my fstab: /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos defaults,noauto 0 0 the noauto tells linux not to mount it automatically. If you want it to mount automatically, remove the noauto specification. Keep in mind however that you may not have a floppy disk in the drive and I don't know what happens if it tries to automatically mount a disk that's not there. ?For more info on fstab,type 'man fstab'. Geoff.