NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA
--- On Thu, 7/3/08, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 12:44 AM
> On Thursday 03 July 2008, Norman Hakim wrote:
> > Richard,
> >
> > I will try add this line to my /etc/fstab:
> >
> > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto
> noauto,ro,user 0 0
> >
> > i will paste it the output here if error occur. And
> about usb,what
> > command should i add so that i can mount my
> thumbdrive?
>
> These days it's much more common to let the desktop do
> that step for
> you. With a properly setup desktop, you can remove all
> references to
> cdroms and thumbdrives from fstab (leave only permanent
> mounts for
> disks etc in there) and rather use the icon that pops up on
> your
> desktop when you insert a usb drive.
>
> This works because fstab has no special qualities -
> it's just a list of
> standard drives you want to have mounted on your computer.
>
> What desktop do you use? I'm betting it's either
> gnome or kde
>
> --
> Alan McKinnon
> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
>
> --
I'm using gnome desktop
Regadrds,
Norman
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