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Kernel: Versions since 2.0.33
A local filesystem or removable medium (CD-Rom, floppy, etc.) shall be accessible automatically whenever needed.
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 Supportin 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.miscThis 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 stopand 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.
See also:
Keywords: CD-ROM, FLOPPY, AUTOMOUNT, AUTOFS, MOUNTING
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