Anton Graham wrote:
>
> Submitted 30-Aug-00 by Dennis Robertson:
>
> > script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/mandrake_everytime which disables supermount
> > on boot (I wonder why this is built in - does Mandrake want to use
> > supermount or not?).
>
> This script only activates if you built supermount into the kernel. With
> semi-stock mandrake boxes, always build it as a module to avoid the problem.
>
> If you read that portion of the script carefully, you will realize that it
> is a safety device. If your fstab has supermount entries in it and the
> module is unavailable, then it disables it, because it assumes that it can't
> use supermount.
>
> I have submitted a patch for it, but even if it goes in, it requires a
> variable be set in /etc/sysconfig/system which is written at install time.
>
> > If I disable this script, run /usr/sbin/supermount -i enable and reboot I
> > am still unable to mount from the desktop
>
> In my experience, supermont -i enable frequently generates invalid fstab
> entries.
>
> > Supermount or other fstab entries would be appreciated.
>
> # Removeable media (Supermount)
> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0,nosuid,nodev
>0 0
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount
>fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom,ro,nosuid,nodev,exec 0 0
>
Anton,
Many thanks. I recompiled supermount as a module (surely there should
be a warning to do this?) and had to use your fstab entries to get
floppies and cdroms to mount and open. My windows partitions wouldn't
work with supermount so I restored the original fstab entries and they
now work. Curious, but now all is well. Thanks again.
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