#2458: Automounting should be explained better
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Type: task | Status: reopened
Priority: high | Milestone: 6.3
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: major | Resolution:
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Changes (by [EMAIL PROTECTED]):
* status: closed => reopened
* resolution: fixed =>
Comment:
From http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-
book/2008-March/023333.html:
> -/media /etc/auto.misc
> +/media/cdrom /etc/auto.misc
I can't see how this can be right. Your configuration tells autofs to
create
invisible subdirectories of /media/cdrom, and mount e.g. a floppy to
/media/cdrom/floppy on the first access to this /media/cdrom/floppy
directory.
Also, the package description says that the primary use of this package
now is
for networked file systems, so maybe it is a good idea to provide an
example for
them (and say where they are mounted).
If we are really talking about floppies and CD-ROMs (and smbfs, too), one
also
has to edit the mount options and add the correct iocharset and codepage
parameters.
> + <para>This file mounts a new media directory but is not visible
until
> + it is automounted by autofs. An alternative method would be to
> + automount into another location such as
> + <filename>/var/lib/autofs/cdrom</filename> and create a
sysbolic
> + link from <filename>/media/cdrom</filename> to the other
> + location.</para>
This alternative method should be the default.
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