From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 1 14:38:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14F1416A4CE for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 14:38:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9299243D41 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 14:38:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david.fleck@mchsi.com) Received: from grond (12-216-10-157.client.mchsi.com[12.216.10.157]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with SMTP id <20040801143830m920080hq7e>; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 14:38:30 +0000 Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 09:38:28 -0500 (CDT) From: David Fleck Sender: dcf@grond.sourballs.org To: DK In-Reply-To: <20040801114859.8595.qmail@web41009.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20040801092629.E275@grond.sourballs.org> References: <20040801114859.8595.qmail@web41009.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: BigApache for Windows - Why doesn't BSD have an installerpackage like this ??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 14:38:32 -0000 On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, DK wrote: > I edited rc.conf & added the line: amd_enable="YES" > However, my devices(Floppy & CDROM) are not automounting after logging in or > starting X ??? > > In the process view of BSD, I have amd as waiting > > Trying to understand man amd isn't helping. Any ideas ??? I currently automount 2 CD's, my floppy drive, a Zip drive, and an nfs export from another system, so I think I've got the basics figured out. However, I use amd on a 4.9 system. I think it's generally the same on 5.x, but there may be differences. Anyway, with that caveat, the best current resource that I know of for setting up automounting is http://www.daemonnews.org/200202/automounting.html There are a few more steps than just adding the rc.conf line. You have to tell amd what filesystems / devices to mount, and where to mount them to. These details go in the /etc/amd.conf and /etc/amd.map files, which you'll have to configure - see the amd.conf manpage for details on the former, and the URL above for details on the latter. (Note that while the instructions at this URL work, they can in fact be improved upon with some experimentation.) For more background on automounting with amd, these sites have been useful to me: http://www.nber.org/amd.html http://www.am-utils.org/ -- David Fleck david.fleck@mchsi.com