On Wednesday 14 March 2007 10:35, Stevens wrote: > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 05:19, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 05:06:54 Stevens wrote: > > > Media devices mount by the volume info which renders any > > > software invalid that expects to see a fixed mount point. Yes, someone > > > here posted a link to a workaround but my question is: why in Hell did > > > Suse allow this bastardized code to make it into production in the > > > first place? It shouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that > > > the system should provide static mount points for a device, not the > > > &%$#@ volume info of the media in it. </soapbox off> > > > > If you add the device to fstab, the media system will ignore the device > > and not try to mount it. Now, for that you need a device name, and you > > can get one using /dev/dsk/by-id I guess. > > > > I don't think there is any functonality lost here. > > You are certainly entitled to your opinion which, in this case, is wrong. > Functionality IS lost when I have programs that cannot access the CD/DVD > drive because they are looking for a /dev/cdrom or /dev/hdc mount point > and wonderful Suse 10.2 won't provide it. Why not? Who knows. As one > writer said here recently, Solaris has been providing both volume label > mounts and links to device mount for years. > > Look, Mac, when a non-guru like my daughter or son-in-law runs into > roadblocks like these, they don't have (and should not need) the expertise > it takes to hammer out a command line workaround. The system should just > work. No muss, no fuss, just work. And there are really important (to lots > of folks) parts of Suse 10.2 that don't. At least they don't here. Just > remember that Betamax was a superior video tape recording system but it > lost out to VHS and became a historical footnote. I don't want Suse to do > the same because the system development teams can't see the big picture. > > Fred
I really don't have anything useful to the list to add, but perhaps useful to Novell and the developers: I agree 100% with the previous writer. If Linux is ever to have a significant proportion of the market, it must be at least as big as the Mac market to survive, and it _must be user-friendly_ or it will be as dead as CPM and DOS. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
