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Getting floppy automount to work
I got floppy automount to work, but only for one user at a time, but that should easily be fixable.
Change the auto.master file to:
/mnt/auto /etc/automount.sh --timeout=3
Change automount.sh
*fat|msdos) options="${rw},uid=username,gid=username,umask=000 ";;
ntfs) options="ro,uid=username,gid=username,umask=0222"; ;
Where "username" is the name of the user you want to have access to the floppy.
I don't know if these two are required, probably not, but that's what I had when I got it working:
auto.misc has the line (comment out the other floppy line):
floppy -fstype=auto,sync,user,umask=000 :/dev/fd0
auto.mnt has instead of the original floppy line:
floppy -fstype=auto,sync,user,umask=000 :/dev/fd0
After all this, as root, do /etc/init.d/autofs restart, or reboot, and the floppy should work normally. Has anyone else had any other success with the floppy automounting?
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Getting floppy automount to work
I, too, was unable to mount floppy after installing Knoppix 3.7, kernel 2.69. I made all the above
changes, but to hopefully apply to all users, I changed the suggested:
*fat|msdos) options="${rw},uid=username,gid=username,umask=000 ";;
ntfs) options="ro,uid=username,gid=username,umask=0222"; ;
where "username" is changed to the desired user, instead of "knoppix"
with:
*fat|msdos) options="${rw},umask=000";;
ntfs) options="ro,umask=0222";;
I found this suggestion in another forum.
It seems to work. Using "users" or "user" for "username" didn't.
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Why do you want to auto mount the floppy anyway? Is this a hd install? You might have to create a device and delete the desktop icon. The icons that are there when first booting are usually just place holders so to say. cdrom cdrom1 and floppy anyway. They are links to nowhere. Sometimes the floppy might work, but this is uncommon after a fresh hd install. You have to create a new one by right clicking and create new device-->whatever you want-->and choose the approriate device. That works for the floppy, but when using the cdrom dvires, you have to symlink them to the device.
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Thanks for the reply rrfish72. I knew there had to be a better way.
Yes this was a HD install. I intend to go back before the changes I made and use your
advice.
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Knoppix-3.7 and cdrom eject
I did a hd-install of knoppix-3.7. Most of the things work except eject when used in use-mode (a user), says:
umount: /dev/cdrom mount disagrees with entry in fstab
eject: unmount of '/dev/cdrom' failed
and /etc/fstab entry for /dev/cdrom is:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0
Any ideas?
-ishwar
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Ish Rattan, did you create the entry for the cdrom in your fstab or was it put in automatically? Either way I would change it to:
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto 0 0
Then set the symlink to
ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom
You also might have to create a new mount point as:
mkdir /cdrom
Though it should already be there.
Hope this helps.
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Knoppix-3.7 and cdrom eject again
I changed the entry for /etc/fstab to
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,users,noexec,noauto 0 0
it is the original entry (hd-install time) except for users (it was user before).
The symlink was there(and redid it just to make sure). /cdrom entry also exists.
Eject still produces the same result :
umount: /dev/cdrom mount disagrees with the fstab
eject: unmount of '/dev/cdrom' failed
-ishwar
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Try apt-get update and apt-get install eject. Are you using the mouse right click thing to eject? Does the button on the drive itself work? Does the drive work?
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Knoppix-3.7 and cdrom eject
I am not using the desktop icon but it gives a similar message.
I was trying it from command line.
The drive works (system was installed using it). As root, I can mount and
unmount it the drive (with cd in it). I shall try the apt-get route.
Thanks for help.
-ishwar
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Senior Member
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You have to remove the cd also right, why not just press the drive eject button while you reach way way down there?
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