Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 12:12:47 +0200 (GMT) From: Jasper Wallace <jasper@staff.argonet.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install *actually* friendly Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980805121006.14165F-100000@box.argonet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199808050244.TAA09949@freebie.dcfinc.com>
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On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Chad R. Larson wrote: > > >4. Since FreeBSD runs on PC hardware, I would have thought the default > > >configuration would be set up to deal with all the "normal" devices one > > >might expect to find on a PC. Although I don't anticipate using the floppy > > >drive much if at all, still, it *is* there. I would have liked not to have > > >had to manually edit my /etc/fstab just to be able to use my floppy drive. > > > > /etc/fstab is mainly for filesystems that you want mounted at boot time. > > This is usually not desired with floppies. One normally just "mount"s them > > by hand when needed (e.g. mount /dev/fd0a /mnt). > > > > -DG > > However an fstab line like: > /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos rw,noauto 0 0 > > makes it possible to say: > mount /floppy > > which is easier to type and remember. on my machine at home I've got: chown $USER /dev/fd0a in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/GiveConsole and chown root /dev/fd0a in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/TakeConsole so that when people log in via xdm they can mount and use floppies without being root (and some have pretty icons on their dsesktops to do it for them...) -- Jasper Wallace Argo Interactive Group PLC +44 (0)1243 815815 Unix Systems support, +44 (0)411 264753 Integration and Administration. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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