Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem

[Hong Hao <oahong@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:09:24AM -0700, Norman Hakim wrote:
> 
> 
> NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA 
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 7/16/08, Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@online.de> wrote:
> 
> > From: Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@online.de>
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting problem
> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 1:38 AM
> > Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2008 schrieb Norman Hakim:
> > 
> > > Is it normal after gentoo installation we have to
> > mount the cdrom or even
> > > thumbdrive manually? Actually i'm still having
> > problem until now, i have
> > > grouped my user account into cdrom,cdrw,usb,plugdev
> > but i cant automount my
> > > cdrom. But if i mount it manually there is no problem
> > at all.
> > 
> > How do you do this, then?
> > 
> > > if i type these commands:
> > > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0
> > 
> > This is not a command, it's a line which should be put
> > into /etc/fstab.
> > 
> > > the output will be:
> > > bash: /dev/cdrom Permission denied
> > 
> > Sure, see above.
> > 
> > > And also even if type these commands:
> > > /dev/cdrom
> > 
> > dito.
> > 
> > > the output will be still the same.
> > 
> > Yes, see above. First put the line above into /etc/fstab,
> > then 
> > type "mount /mnt/cdrom".
> > 
> > > I'm out of idea how to make it works. And i more
> > question how do i mount my
> > > thumbdrive?
> > 
> > Just the same. Replace "cdrom" with whatever
> > matches your thumbdrive, examine 
> > output of "dmesg" a few seconds after plugging it
> > in.
> > 
> > HTH...
> > 
> > 	Dirk
> 
> 
> Dear Dirk,
> 
> ok, but then how do i put tose lines into /etc/fstab? Actually i'm a newbie to gentoo linux.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Norman
> 
> 
>       
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echo "/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
or you could fire up your favorite editor.

   oahong
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