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Title: Mounting CD-Roms and floppies automatically

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Mounting CD-Roms and floppies automatically

Applies to

Kernel: Versions since 2.0.33

Request:

A local filesystem or removable medium (CD-Rom, floppy, etc.) shall be accessible automatically whenever needed.

Procedure:

Meanwhile this is supported by the kernel. The SuSE kernels are preconfigured accordingly. If you want to compile a kernel yourself, please make sure to activate

        Kernel Automounter Support
in the kernel configuration (as a module preferrably).

Furthermore please install the package autofs and set the variable START_AUTOFS in /etc/rc.config to "yes".

autofs is configured through /etc/autofs.master and other dependant files (see the man page of autofs). Here's an example of /etc/autofs.master:

        /misc   /etc/auto.misc
This specifies, that the file /etc/auto.misc is responsible for all "mounts" under the directory /misc. /misc must be created. /etc/auto.misc might look like
        cdrom           -fstype=iso9660,ro      :/dev/hdc
        floppy          -fstype=auto            :/dev/fd0
(please adapt the device specifications according to your needs).

Now, when you change to /misc/cdrom, the CD-Rom will be mounted automatically and you can access the data on the CD-Rom. It is even easier to create a symlink in your home directory to that file :

        cd
        ln -s /misc/cdrom CD

This way you can also access the CD-Rom under ~/CD !

Hint: Whenever you change the configuration of the autofs, stop that service :

        /sbin/init.d/autofs stop
and start it again :
        /sbin/init.d/autofs start

autofs can do many more things ! autofs is e.g. well suited to manage many remote file systems in large networks without using too many ressources.

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See also:

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Keywords: CD-ROM, FLOPPY, AUTOMOUNT, AUTOFS, MOUNTING

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Categories: Frequently asked Questions

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