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Lamotkin AT softhome.net wrote:
>
> Till now I thought the usual way to mount an IDE device
> (a [M]agneto-[O]ptical drive in my case, not an HDD) is to 
> edit '/etc/mtab' 

No.  /etc/mtab is not an editable file.  /etc/fstab is the
file you are looking for.  


That goes in /etc/fstab

> create that '/MO'

Or you could use an existing mountpoint like /hd 
-------------------------------
/dev/hdd  /hd  msdos  rw  0  0 
-------------------------------

> then run 'mount /dev/hdd'.  Is it right? 

That works because the /dev/hdd mount is defined in fstab.
That's exactly what happens in BL3 with 'mount /fd'.  It
works because the /fd mount is defined in fstab.

Note: an entry in /etc/fstab will only work if the kernel
has already recognized that device (see dmesg).

Cheers,
Steven