Vern wrote:
>
> Thanks again Civileme for answering my messages,
> I hope my mailer does better this time around. I have a
> pretty generic setup hardware wise I believe. It's a six
> month old Hewlett Packard Pavilion 6540C, Intel Celeron
> 466Mhz. All onboard junk video/audio/modem I junked
> the modem in favor of a external USR model which worked
> flawlessly in MDK 6.1 I need to read my floppy which has
> the RPMS to drive my on board video (i810 based) it all
> worked in the 6.1 version. I used the "recommended"
> install, Lothar entered a bogus "scuzzy" device for an alternate
> CD-ROM (two on the list). I can spin the floppy with a manual
> mount command but nothing shows on the /mnt/floppy
> directory? I'm still using VGA16 which won't let me see
> all the options in the config GUI displays.
> Thanks again for taking the time to mess with
> all this "newbie" stuff!
> Vern
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 2:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [expert] accessing floppy and cdrom?
>
> > Vern asked:
> >
> > >Which files do I edit to get access to my floppy disk and CD RoM? (or
> words to that effect)
> > >>>>>Vern, your mailer is sending your text as attachments and that
> format killed one of my replies<<<<
> >
> > Vern, I don't understand. Your floppy and CDROM should be
> > immediately accessible without editing any files, unless you did
> > an expert install with PARANOID security or you have some really
> > strange hardware.
> >
> > Without more information, I have no idea how to help you.
> >
> > I do recomend to newer users that they start with LOW security
> > level until they learn the dodges needed to work with the higher
> > ones. Just running linux is a deterrent to most script kiddies
> > and mandrake doesn't have any 3-year old binaries full of holes
> > for them to exploit. The higher levels are fine, once you know
> > how to work the system.
> >
> > But the only file to really "edit" to get the access would be
> > /etc/fstab. If you have to ask, I recommend you use
> > DrakConf->Linuxconf->access local filesystems as your editor,
> > because a mistake in directly editing /etc/fstab could leave you
> > reaching for the rescue floppy and learning the chroot command.
> >
> > Civileme
OK
Now I understand. Brian is right in his guesses.
/etc/fstab should look like this
.
.
.
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide
0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
/dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
Now there are some symbolic links to make as well to set up those
CDs
For that, how about posting the output of
# dmesg
Civileme
> >
> > --
> > Remember that if it is done on networks, it may occur on
> > your host which is a network unto itself.
> >
--
Remember that if it is done on networks, it may occur on
your host which is a network unto itself.
