Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:32:28 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Carleton Vaughn <keebler@mindspring.com>, Darren Pilgrim <dmp@bitfreak.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to setup fstab for DVD, floppy and CD drives? Message-ID: <20050123070228.GJ85706@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <001601c50018$211693b0$142a15ac@spud> <41EF2230.7080902@mindspring.com> References: <41EF2230.7080902@mindspring.com> <001601c50018$211693b0$142a15ac@spud> <41EC5DA7.6000202@fusemail.com> <41EF2230.7080902@mindspring.com>
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--IbVRjBtIbJdbeK1C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 19 January 2005 at 22:14:56 -0500, Carleton Vaughn wrote: > Brian John wrote: >> Hello, >> I have a DVD writer, a CD writer and a floppy drive in my PC. Since I >> don't know what file system that a media will use until I put it in the >> drive, how do I set it up in fstab? This is what it looks like right >> now for these devices: >> /dev/acd0 /cdrom auto rw,noauto 0 0 >> /dev/acd1 /cdrom1 auto rw,noauto 0 0 >> /dev/fd0 /floppy auto rw,noauto 0 0 >> >> The problem is, when I click on a device, it says: "mount: exec >> mount_auto not found in /sbin:/usr/sbin: No such file or directory >> Please check that the disk is entered correctly." >> >> How can I get this to work? > "auto" is in the FStype field, and your mounter is trying to find the > mount program for a file system of type "auto". There's no such thing. > Change "auto" to "cd9660" for the cd & dvd and all will be happy. > Might I suggest changing one of acd[01]'s mount point to /dvd? This > might clear up any later confusion. > > Someone else probably better understands what "auto" in fstab is > supposed to do. On Friday, 21 January 2005 at 16:20:02 -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote: >> From: Carleton Vaughn >> >> Brian John wrote: >>> /dev/acd0 /cdrom auto rw,noauto 0 0 > <...> >>> "mount: exec mount_auto not found in /sbin:/usr/sbin: No such file or >>> directory. Please check that the disk is entered correctly." >>> >>> How can I get this to work? >> >> "auto" is in the FStype field, and your mounter is trying to find the >> mount program for a file system of type "auto". There's no such thing. > <...> >> Someone else probably better understands what "auto" in fstab is >> supposed to do. Please don't ask or answer technical questions on -newbies. It's off-topic, and the list is in danger of being shut down as a result. Ask technical questions on FreeBSD-questions. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --IbVRjBtIbJdbeK1C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB80wEIubykFB6QiMRAggzAJ4rKQb3psXefkzsl6DC/32N3DK1nQCfSpuq CbmQrM+pWAxyFQ6dgTyXXMw= =1IIu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IbVRjBtIbJdbeK1C--
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