Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
deedee wrote: On 10/17/2003 7:03:19 PM EDT, Trey Sizemore wrote: I am getting error message 'Could not enter /mnt/zip' (or any other drive) when I select the icon from the desktop. I can run 'mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip' as root and then access the drive, but was looking for the convenience of selecting the drives (CD, CDRW, Zip, etc.) as needed with desktop icons. I don't know if you've gotten any help with this so far. I have another 200 or so messages from the Mandrake lists to read yet :^). So in case you haven't, the problem that I see is the lack of "user" in the /etc/fstab. The following entries need to be and have been changed to allow for users to mount and unmount the components. none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,user,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,user,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,user,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/sda1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,user,codepage=850,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /mnt/zip supermount dev=/dev/sda4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,user,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/zip2 supermount dev=/dev/sdb4,user,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 none /mnt/camera supermount dev=/dev/sdb1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,user,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 The other entries either have "user" included already or don't need it for user access. deedee Registered Linux User #327485 Visit "WordStar & GNU/Linux" http://www.wordstar2.com Also, see the WordStar Users Group http://www.wordstar2.com/cbabbage/wordstar Thanks...I'll give this a try when I get back today. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On 10/17/2003 7:03:19 PM EDT, Trey Sizemore wrote: > I am getting error message 'Could not enter /mnt/zip' (or any other > drive) when I select the icon from the desktop. I can run 'mount > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip' as root and then access the drive, but was > looking for the convenience of selecting the drives (CD, CDRW, Zip, > etc.) as needed with desktop icons. I don't know if you've gotten any help with this so far. I have another 200 or so messages from the Mandrake lists to read yet :^). So in case you haven't, the problem that I see is the lack of "user" in the /etc/fstab. The following entries need to be and have been changed to allow for users to mount and unmount the components. none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,user,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,user,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,user,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/sda1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,user,codepage=850,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /mnt/zip supermount dev=/dev/sda4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,user,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/zip2 supermount dev=/dev/sdb4,user,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 none /mnt/camera supermount dev=/dev/sdb1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,user,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 The other entries either have "user" included already or don't need it for user access. deedee Registered Linux User #327485 Visit "WordStar & GNU/Linux" http://www.wordstar2.com Also, see the WordStar Users Group http://www.wordstar2.com/cbabbage/wordstar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 13:45:06 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Meny people , myself included , don't like crowded dektops, and I use > taskbar icons for many frequently used apps, so much so that together > with the dictionary and other things , at times I would like a second > taskbar at the bottom. If I could have that I would do away with the > desktop icons altogether. > > John > ' I use KasBar. Part of kde. wonderful little app. just click the properites of your task bar & add Kasbar. Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 19 Oct 2003 1:14 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Here is the entry for my Zip drive without supermount: /dev/hdc4 /mnt/zipauto user,noauto 0 0 I have a question though - what advantage is there in clicking an icon on your kicker with KwikDisk to mount, versus me just clicking my zip drive icon on my desktop to mount? Just curious, or am I (as I freq. do!) missing something? Not a lot, I think I just don't have a desktop icon. Anne Meny people , myself included , don't like crowded dektops, and I use taskbar icons for many frequently used apps, so much so that together with the dictionary and other things , at times I would like a second taskbar at the bottom. If I could have that I would do away with the desktop icons altogether. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Sunday 19 Oct 2003 1:14 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Sunday 19 October 2003 05:41 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 19 Oct 2003 9:45 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > It's about amending your fstab to set automount . > > > I know how to set rom and writer to automount , > > > but I have never owned a zip drive, and therefore > > > cannot advise on that. > > > > I have a usb LS120 drive, which is set up like this: > > > > /dev/sda /mnt/LS120 auto > > user,iocharset=iso8859-15,dev,sync,codepage=850,suid,umask=0 0 0 > > > > Does that help? Every now and then I lose contact with it, even > > though it is constantly plugged in, and have to switch it off, > > then on again for it to be recognised anew. I think that's why > > supermount found it difficult (sm works fine on everything else > > here), so I set it to auto. I then just use KwikDisk to > > mount/umount as necessary (it puts an icon on the kicker, so it's > > really quick and easy) > > > > Anne > > Here is the entry for my Zip drive without supermount: > > /dev/hdc4 /mnt/zipauto user,noauto 0 0 > > I have a question though - what advantage is there in clicking an > icon on your kicker with KwikDisk to mount, versus me just clicking > my zip drive icon on my desktop to mount? > > Just curious, or am I (as I freq. do!) missing something? Not a lot, I think I just don't have a desktop icon. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Sunday 19 October 2003 05:41 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 19 Oct 2003 9:45 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > > It's about amending your fstab to set automount . > > I know how to set rom and writer to automount , > > but I have never owned a zip drive, and therefore > > cannot advise on that. > > I have a usb LS120 drive, which is set up like this: > > /dev/sda /mnt/LS120 auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-15,dev,sync,codepage=850,suid,umask=0 0 0 > > Does that help? Every now and then I lose contact with it, even > though it is constantly plugged in, and have to switch it off, then > on again for it to be recognised anew. I think that's why supermount > found it difficult (sm works fine on everything else here), so I set > it to auto. I then just use KwikDisk to mount/umount as necessary > (it puts an icon on the kicker, so it's really quick and easy) > > Anne Here is the entry for my Zip drive without supermount: /dev/hdc4 /mnt/zipauto user,noauto 0 0 I have a question though - what advantage is there in clicking an icon on your kicker with KwikDisk to mount, versus me just clicking my zip drive icon on my desktop to mount? Just curious, or am I (as I freq. do!) missing something? -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Sunday 19 Oct 2003 9:45 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > > It's about amending your fstab to set automount . > I know how to set rom and writer to automount , > but I have never owned a zip drive, and therefore > cannot advise on that. > I have a usb LS120 drive, which is set up like this: /dev/sda /mnt/LS120 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,dev,sync,codepage=850,suid,umask=0 0 0 Does that help? Every now and then I lose contact with it, even though it is constantly plugged in, and have to switch it off, then on again for it to be recognised anew. I think that's why supermount found it difficult (sm works fine on everything else here), so I set it to auto. I then just use KwikDisk to mount/umount as necessary (it puts an icon on the kicker, so it's really quick and easy) Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
Trey Sizemore wrote: On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 14:20, John Richard Smith wrote: Well, I'm not wishng to be a wet blanket, but I have exactly the same Desktop Icon setup problem with Supermount, and gave up , in favour of automount in the end. I tried getting the supermount desktop Icons created in MCC to work and failed. John How would I go about setting up automount in favor of supermount. I know how to disable supermount, just wanted a pointer to using automount. Thanks It's about amending your fstab to set automount . I know how to set rom and writer to automount , but I have never owned a zip drive, and therefore cannot advise on that. Put a # in front of the old supermount fstab entries , they all begin with None here are my dvd and writer entries, all one line for each device, /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 where in my case /dev/scd0 is my dvd, and /dev/scd1 is my writer, and mounted in /mnt directory as cdrom, and cdrom2, adjust yours accordingly. Now I have both devices scsi-emulated , I don't think you do ? If one of your devices is not scsi-emulated then that device will be /dev/hd(x) where (x) is the drive letter (usually c or d ) If on the otherhand you would like to use both devices scsi-emulated then you must add an amendment in /etc/lilo.conf to scsi-emulate it. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 14:20, John Richard Smith wrote: > Well, I'm not wishng to be a wet blanket, but I have exactly the same > Desktop Icon setup problem with Supermount, and gave up , in favour of > automount in the end. I tried getting the supermount desktop Icons > created in MCC to work and failed. > > > John How would I go about setting up automount in favor of supermount. I know how to disable supermount, just wanted a pointer to using automount. Thanks -- Cheers, Trey --- Thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. -- G.K. Chesterton, "The Man Who Was Thursday" signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 4:34 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > My bad, you are right. Maybe the thing to do is back up all your > mail and address book etc. and then delete the .kde folder and > reboot to build a new desktop. That is a last resort if nothing > else works. Anybody? Last time I tried the archives the search > function was not working. So that may not be viable. I haven't been following this, so sorry if I'm off-beam. If you use KMail, it is in the Mail folder, not in .kde, so that isn't a problem if you do find you need to delete .kde. Have you tried Configuration > Control Center > LookNFeel > Behavior to set icons? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 18 October 2003 08:49 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Dennis Myers wrote: On Friday 17 October 2003 06:10 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Friday 17 October 2003 05:23 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: I am getting error message 'Could not enter /mnt/zip' (or any other drive) when I select the icon from the desktop. I can run 'mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip' as root and then access the drive, but was looking for the convenience of selecting the drives (CD, CDRW, Zip, etc.) as needed with desktop icons. I have 2 IDE CD drives (1 CD and 1 CDRW), a digital camera I mount occasionally, a USB Zip 250 drive, and my IDE hard disk with Mandrake. I have attached my /etc/fstab in the hopes someone might be able to help with the desktop icon issue. Thanks for any input. I don't see an attachment, but if you right click on an empty place on your desktop you should be able to choose from a popup, create new and then probably "hard disk" and then select the sdb4 device from the list that drops down when you click on the arrow to the right of the blank space. Then if you click on the device button it will go to icons selection and that is what will appear on the desktop. Sorry if I am not clear, but, HTH Nuts, meant sda4 device. sorry. But I think he has all his devices supermounted like this, none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/zip supermount dev=/dev/sda4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/zip2 supermount dev=/dev/sdb4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 If so , you will not be able to right mouse click, on desktop, down to create new (whaterver) device and set a desktop Icon up this way.The devices don't show up in the dropdown list of the Icon properties, with supermounted devices. Don't you have to set desktop icons for supermounts in either MCC or kdeCC, cannot remember which by putting an |X| in your choice of desktop Icon, and likewise remove an Icon in the reverse method. John My bad, you are right. Maybe the thing to do is back up all your mail and address book etc. and then delete the .kde folder and reboot to build a new desktop. That is a last resort if nothing else works. Anybody? Last time I tried the archives the search function was not working. So that may not be viable. Well, I'm not wishng to be a wet blanket, but I have exactly the same Desktop Icon setup problem with Supermount, and gave up , in favour of automount in the end. I tried getting the supermount desktop Icons created in MCC to work and failed. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Saturday 18 October 2003 08:49 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Dennis Myers wrote: > >On Friday 17 October 2003 06:10 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > >>On Friday 17 October 2003 05:23 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: > >>>I am getting error message 'Could not enter /mnt/zip' (or any other > >>>drive) when I select the icon from the desktop. I can run 'mount > >>>/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip' as root and then access the drive, but was looking > >>>for the convenience of selecting the drives (CD, CDRW, Zip, etc.) as > >>>needed with desktop icons. > >>> > >>>I have 2 IDE CD drives (1 CD and 1 CDRW), a digital camera I mount > >>>occasionally, a USB Zip 250 drive, and my IDE hard disk with Mandrake. > >>>I have attached my /etc/fstab in the hopes someone might be able to help > >>>with the desktop icon issue. > >>> > >>>Thanks for any input. > >> > >>I don't see an attachment, but if you right click on an empty place on > >> your desktop you should be able to choose from a popup, create new and > >> then probably "hard disk" and then select the sdb4 device from the list > >> that drops down when you click on the arrow to the right of the blank > >> space. Then if you click on the device button it will go to icons > >> selection and that is what will appear on the desktop. Sorry if I am not > >> clear, but, HTH > > > >Nuts, meant sda4 device. sorry. > > But I think he has all his devices supermounted like this, > > none /mnt/cdrom supermount > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > > none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount > dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > > none /mnt/zip supermount > dev=/dev/sda4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > > none /mnt/zip2 supermount > dev=/dev/sdb4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 > > If so , you will not be able to right mouse click, on desktop, down to > create new (whaterver) device and set a desktop Icon up this way.The > devices don't show up in the dropdown list of the Icon properties, with > supermounted devices. > > Don't you have to set desktop icons for supermounts in either MCC or kdeCC, > cannot remember which by putting an |X| in your choice of desktop Icon, and > likewise remove an Icon in the reverse method. > > John My bad, you are right. Maybe the thing to do is back up all your mail and address book etc. and then delete the .kde folder and reboot to build a new desktop. That is a last resort if nothing else works. Anybody? Last time I tried the archives the search function was not working. So that may not be viable. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 09:49, John Richard Smith wrote: > But I think he has all his devices supermounted like this, > > none /mnt/cdrom supermount > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > > none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount > dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > > none /mnt/zip supermount > dev=/dev/sda4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 > > none /mnt/zip2 supermount > dev=/dev/sdb4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 > > If so , you will not be able to right mouse click, on desktop, down to create new > (whaterver) device and set a desktop Icon up this way.The devices don't show up in > the dropdown list of the Icon properties, with supermounted devices. > > Don't you have to set desktop icons for supermounts in either MCC or kdeCC, cannot > remember which by putting an |X| in your choice of desktop Icon, and likewise remove > an Icon in the reverse method. > > John Does the fstab look right at least?: dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/cd /mnt/cdwriter auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/sda1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,codepage=850,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /mnt/zip supermount dev=/dev/sda4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/zip2 supermount dev=/dev/sdb4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 none /mnt/camera supermount dev=/dev/sdb1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 -- Cheers, Trey --- At a given moment I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing. - Ugo Betti signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Friday 17 October 2003 06:10 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Friday 17 October 2003 05:23 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: > > I am getting error message 'Could not enter /mnt/zip' (or any other > > drive) when I select the icon from the desktop. I can run 'mount > > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip' as root and then access the drive, but was looking > > for the convenience of selecting the drives (CD, CDRW, Zip, etc.) as > > needed with desktop icons. > > > > I have 2 IDE CD drives (1 CD and 1 CDRW), a digital camera I mount > > occasionally, a USB Zip 250 drive, and my IDE hard disk with Mandrake. > > I have attached my /etc/fstab in the hopes someone might be able to help > > with the desktop icon issue. > > > > Thanks for any input. > > I don't see an attachment, but if you right click on an empty place on your > desktop you should be able to choose from a popup, create new and then > probably "hard disk" and then select the sdb4 device from the list that > drops down when you click on the arrow to the right of the blank space. > Then if you click on the device button it will go to icons selection and > that is what will appear on the desktop. Sorry if I am not clear, but, HTH Nuts, meant sda4 device. sorry. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Friday 17 October 2003 05:23 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: > I am getting error message 'Could not enter /mnt/zip' (or any other > drive) when I select the icon from the desktop. I can run 'mount > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip' as root and then access the drive, but was looking > for the convenience of selecting the drives (CD, CDRW, Zip, etc.) as > needed with desktop icons. > > I have 2 IDE CD drives (1 CD and 1 CDRW), a digital camera I mount > occasionally, a USB Zip 250 drive, and my IDE hard disk with Mandrake. > I have attached my /etc/fstab in the hopes someone might be able to help > with the desktop icon issue. > > Thanks for any input. I don't see an attachment, but if you right click on an empty place on your desktop you should be able to choose from a popup, create new and then probably "hard disk" and then select the sdb4 device from the list that drops down when you click on the arrow to the right of the blank space. Then if you click on the device button it will go to icons selection and that is what will appear on the desktop. Sorry if I am not clear, but, HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 18:23, Trey Sizemore wrote: > I am getting error message 'Could not enter /mnt/zip' (or any other > drive) when I select the icon from the desktop. I can run 'mount > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip' as root and then access the drive, but was looking > for the convenience of selecting the drives (CD, CDRW, Zip, etc.) as > needed with desktop icons. > > I have 2 IDE CD drives (1 CD and 1 CDRW), a digital camera I mount > occasionally, a USB Zip 250 drive, and my IDE hard disk with Mandrake. > I have attached my /etc/fstab in the hopes someone might be able to help > with the desktop icon issue. > > Thanks for any input. Sorry...here's the /etc/fstab file. -- Cheers, Trey --- At a given moment I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing. - Ugo Betti /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/cd /mnt/cdwriter auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/removable supermount dev=/dev/sda1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,codepage=850,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 none /mnt/zip supermount dev=/dev/sda4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /mnt/zip2 supermount dev=/dev/sdb4,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 none /mnt/camera supermount dev=/dev/sdb1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,kudzu 0 0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[newbie] Problems accessing hard/removeable drives
I am getting error message 'Could not enter /mnt/zip' (or any other drive) when I select the icon from the desktop. I can run 'mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip' as root and then access the drive, but was looking for the convenience of selecting the drives (CD, CDRW, Zip, etc.) as needed with desktop icons. I have 2 IDE CD drives (1 CD and 1 CDRW), a digital camera I mount occasionally, a USB Zip 250 drive, and my IDE hard disk with Mandrake. I have attached my /etc/fstab in the hopes someone might be able to help with the desktop icon issue. Thanks for any input. -- Cheers, Trey --- At a given moment I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing. - Ugo Betti signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
