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- From: David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>
- To: Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT free.fr>
- Cc: sm-users AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 11:19:11 -0500
Here's a more intelligent response:
using the new devfs /dev/cdroms/crom0 points to my scsi cd rom drive.
I must be brain numb or something. it didn't occur to just check... :)
dave
Quoting Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT free.fr>:
> Hello,
>
> Two points:
>
> 1/ The entries that will be added in /etc/fstab will have the options
> "noauto".
> That means that such entries will not be mounted at boot time, but only on
> user request. So, such entries will not cause any problem or error
> messages
> if the CDROM or floppy drive is missing in the system.
>
> 2/ Concerning the CDROM drive, it will use the syntax /dev/cdroms/cdrom0,
> meaning
> that the system will autodetect the cdrom, whether it is SCSI or IDE (or
> whatever).
> This later needs to be tested. Who has an SCSI cdrom or PCMCIA cdrom
> drive?
>
> Voila,
> Benoit PAPILLAULT
>
> On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:11:59 -0500
> Geoffrey Derber <gderber AT sourcemage.org> wrote:
>
> > evraire AT tuwg.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >
> > >>I would like to see floppy and cdrom entries in /etc/fstab after
> > >>install with mount points in /mnt/*
> > >
> > >
> > > Careful: not all systems include floppy drives anymore! My brother's
> Shuttle does not, and most macs since the first iMac don't either. :) I
> agree it makes sense to have a /mnt/cdrom though as we're obviously
> installing from an ISO and thus there must be a cdrom present (as I believe
> you yourself have pointed out :). However I agree with another poster that
> no entries should be present in the fstab, as an all-scsi system (or a
> system
> with no floppy drive :) might generate an error.
> > >
> > > From what I recall about the installation process the /etc/fstab file
> needs to be modified anyway to properly specify the filesystem in certain
> cases (reiserfs, xfs) so we could just provide a commented line for both the
> cdrom and floppy drive. (Although I admit to not having done a SourceMage
> install in a /very/ long time... glorious uptime! :) I suppose having empty
> directories for both cdrom and floppy under /mnt can't hurt.
> > >
> >
> > Just out of curriosity, during the step when we ask the user to create
> > the file systems. Would it be possible to ask a couple questions about
> > their floppy / cdrom setup and possibly setup the fstab based on those
> > questions?
> >
> > Geoff
> >
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Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7
, (continued)
- Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7, Hamish Greig, 10/01/2003
- Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7, Eric Sandall, 10/02/2003
- Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7, Hamish Greig, 10/02/2003
- Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7, Geoffroy Giraux, 10/04/2003
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Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7,
Geoffrey Derber, 10/02/2003
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Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7,
Benoit PAPILLAULT, 10/03/2003
- Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7, David Kowis, 10/03/2003
- Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7, David Kowis, 10/03/2003
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Re: [SM-Users] su command on ISO 0.7,
Benoit PAPILLAULT, 10/03/2003
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