try reinstalling and at the option uncheck the "automount" feature .... it worked for me Darkness Fallen ----- Original Message ----- From: "nilo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 10:53 AM Subject: [newbie] How to mount floppy or CDR on Laptop ?? > I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on my laptop where I can have either a floppy > drive or a CD-ROM drive. The install went on OK (it was an update from 6.1) > but I discovered the following problem: apparently both the CD-ROM and the > floppy are "automounted" in the fstab file: this creates no problem when > logging in but freeze the system when loggin out (apparently it tries to > umount a device which is not mounted e.g. the floppy when the CD-Rom is > inserted). I must then switch the power of and I have to through a full scan > at the next log sequence. > > Any idea on how to fix this problem ??? Could the log procedure auto-detect > the mounted device ? Is it possible to swap the drive without login out ? > > Thanks for your help > > Jacques > >
