Jon Nelson on 26 Aug 2005 13:27:41 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] fstab editing


Stewart B. Lone said:
> I purchased a new NEC dvd rw dual layer etc.etc., for my laptop. I have
> installed it an enclosure that connects via USB  I am in the process of
> editing fstab. I have it hooked up and it works ok as root, but not in
> my user account. Actually it works as a user, but eraticaly, and
> sometimes using the force option in Kb3. Below is a view of my fstab
> file now unedited. Pardon the word wrap on the last line
>
> ***********************************************************************
>
> /dev/hda2            /                    reiserfs   acl,user_xattr  1 1
> /dev/hda1            swap                 swap       pri=42          0 0
> devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
> proc                 /proc                proc       defaults        0 0
> usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto          0 0
> sysfs                /sys                 sysfs      noauto          0 0
> /dev/dvd             /media/dvd           subfs
> noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
>
> ***************************************************************************
> I plan on adding so far:-
>
> /dev/dvdrw           /media/sr0           subfs     noauto,rw,user,suid,

On my Debian system I have:

    /dev/hdc        /cdrom  auto    ro,user,noauto  0 0

and I have had no problems.  For Suse you might want to look at:

    http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=743&view=previous

which was the first hit on a google search for 'mount dvd subfs'.

Jon

>
> In addition I will be adding "exec,iocharset=utf8" in the 4th column,
> and 0 0 in the 5th and 6th. My quandry is when I look at the entry for
> the dvd ro installed in my laptop there are some items that I dont under
> stand. For instance "fs=cdfss","procuid" and "nodev". I have done some
> reading, but no joy. I have read that a possible option for the whole
> fourth column is "default", but I need some input to be sure. Especially
> as I am running Suse 9.3 and I have heard that Suse does some things
> "their own way". All help welcome.
>
> Stewart
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