Fred J. schreef: > Hi > I am missing dvdrw in my / dir, however I got cdrom which is link to > /media/cdrom > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2006-03-19 03:46 cdrom -> media/cdrom > but my fstab does not have media/cdrom but rather /media/cdrom0 and 1. > here is my #fstab > **************************************************************** > !# /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hdb1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > /dev/hdb9 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 > /dev/hdb8 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2 > /dev/hdb5 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2 > /dev/hdb6 /var ext3 defaults 0 2 > /dev/hdb7 none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > when I need to mount/umount the dvdrw I have to do > #mount /dve/hdd or #mount /media/cdrom1 > I would like to do > #mount /dvdrw > do I make a symlink in my root dir like this then > #ln -s /dev/hdd /dvdrw > ?
You can do, but you need to change /etc/fstab too. Realise that the default is to use /media/cdrom1 , zo maybe it's better to use that, or make a symlink from /dvdrw to /media/cdrom1. When you use a 2.6 kernel, CDroms's are mounted automatically (when you did not turn that off). With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]