Re: mounting/unmounting devices for newbies

["Derek E. Mart" <marticus ntr net>]

you all are talking about autounmounting and such, I would like to 
play with this a little, maybe I will learn something.  What file do I 
need to edit in /etc to change these options?

Date forwarded: 	29 Apr 1999 07:29:11 -0000
From:           	terrapin@nanaimo.ark.com (Terrapin)
To:             	gnome-list@gnome.org
Subject:        	Re: mounting/unmounting devices for newbies
Date sent:      	Thu, 29 Apr 1999 06:58:32 GMT
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> I've got them on my desktop. They automatically appear if they are
> tagged user. If they are not mounted, they will automatically mount
> with a double click as I open their contents in a file manager. I have
> hda1 (DOS), hdd4 (ZIP) and cdrom. The eject works great on the Zip and
> the cdrom with automatic unmounting (a bonus I hadn't bothered to set
> up in windows). All I had to do was change to the proper icons in my
> user desktop. I even went and picked up a nice icon for the ZIP drive.
> Looks great, works great. Doesn't hang if I don't have a Zip or cdrom
> in. Just issues a warning message about "can't read superblock". I'm
> happy. Been using them all along for transferring and reading files
> to/from these devices. It's handier to have two file managers open at
> this time. I've also played music cdroms.
> 
> Right now I'm just playing with and exploring the system. I'm waiting
> for my 6.0 AND manual to feel more secure before dismantling Win95.
> 
> Still looking for a nice GUI based news reader. I don't care for the
> current Netscape. I have Forte Agent for ng's and threaded mail lists.
> 
> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 23:05:11 -0500, you wrote:
> 
> >Oh darn, and I was just getting to like editing config files...
> >
> >BTW - I haven't installed the latest releases, but doesn't GNOME still
> >have a mount/umount button you can place on the gnome-panel? I had three
> >buttons set up - the cdrom, floppy, and zip drive. While this isn't
> >automatic, it's still a sight more convenient. Shoot, Windows doesn't
> >"mount" the drive until you access it, so there's not much difference
> >except the umount requirement for Unix. I had to search and place the
> >buttons on the panel - maybe they could be pre-placed on the bar and set
> >up to allow us to configure them for su operation?
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >> Oh, and after we get this working we need to add setting up autofs/automounter to
> >> the configuration/installation utilities, so newbies don't have to hack the config
> >> files.
> >> 
> >> Ryan
> 
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Cheers!

Derek E. Mart
A+ Technician

"Cold-hearted orb that rules the night,
   Removes the colors from our sight.
 Red is gray and yellow, white,
   But we decide which is right
 And which is an illusion."